Intellectual+India

Classical India – Intellectual  i. Dominated political thinking during Chandragupta’s reign and centuries that followed  ii. The production of this “book” was over many generations of political theory and practical advice  i. Sanskrit was written  ii. Tamil was written  iii. Poetry  i. Wrote treatises on the nature of time, space, and causality (Stearns 140)  i. Geometry & Algebra  ii. Calculated circumference of globe and value of pi  iii. Used concept of zero “0”  iv. Decimals  v. Formulated system of numbers that almost all human societies use today (Stearns 140)  i. Major breaks in medicine  ii. Developed
 * 1) **//Arthashastra //**
 * 2) //Arthashastra //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is a treatise on statecraft
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Within the book it describes techniques a ruler must use to attain and hold power
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Achievements in Literature and the Sciences **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Indian Literary Achievement
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sanskrit is the sacred and classical Indian Language
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tamil is one of the major languages of the south
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kalidasa “greatest Sanskrit author”
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hindu Scholars
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Within these treatises they have arguments that have much in common with the finding of modern science
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mathematics
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Made independently of the work by the Greeks
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Medicine
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hospitals
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Surgical techniques
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sophisticated treatments for many different kinds of sicknesses
 * 4) **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kamasutra – by: Vatsayana **
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contains instructions on almost all parts of a good life for young but wealthy men
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This book is an “advisor” to life
 * <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> i. **<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Within the Kamasutra there are recommendations for…
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grooming & Hygiene
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Discussions of good etiquette (for various situations)
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Advice on the way to select a wife

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;"> BY: SARAH COLTON.

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