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The Movement into the Indian Subcontinent by the Indo-European Aryans
The movement into the Indian Subcontinent by the Indo-European Arayans was something that would greatly influence life for thousands of years to come. Not only did Islam and Hinduism introduce the caste system but it was probably had the biggest impact on the Indian Subcontinent. This system was so appealing that Hindus, Buddhist, and Jainist all took part in implicating it into their society. They had common beliefs buts also different forms of this system, that varied based on each religions belief.
Buddhism split because of misinterpretation. A religion is only as strong as it followers and without common beliefs there was no way for them to stay strong. With all these different views on Buddhism, the formation of Hinduism started to develop, with some of the original ideas of the Indian culture. A lot of people didn't like the fact that Buddhism said you didn't have a should, and in original Indian text there is. Hinduism took over with a more spiritual aspect of religion. Music, literature, art, and architecture all butted heads with each other. I found this extremely odd since they all have so much in common. Some religions had different views as you could imagine. Many of the art was to explicit for some which caused havoc. Music was to be absolutely perfect or it would be a sign that the person playing the music wasn't in sync with the universe. Architecture as well as art were used to destine building and temples for worship. All of the religions had different opinions on these so they had conflicts at times.

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