Indian Culture
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What is culture?
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Culture is a way of life. It includes language, literature, art, architecture, science, religion, customs, and daily habits passed from one generation to another.
Why is Indian culture described as many sided?
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Indian culture includes intellectual, social, aesthetic, and spiritual aspects of human life. It shows many forms in language, dress, food, art, religion, and social customs.
What gives Indian culture its unity despite diversity?
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India has many languages, religions, dress patterns, and customs, yet a common cultural bond connects people. Long-term intermingling of people and shared historical experience have created this unity…
What is meant by continuity and change in Indian culture?
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Indian culture has kept its basic spirit while also changing with time. Old traditions continue, but new ideas and practices have also entered and become part of life.
What was the Harappan civilization known for?
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The Harappan civilization flourished in the Indian subcontinent over 4500 years ago. It had systematic town planning, an elaborate drainage system, scientific town layout, and trade across the seas wi…
How does Harappan life show continuity in Indian culture?
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The pattern of a house in an Indian village is not very different from that of a Harappan house. This shows that some cultural features have continued for a very long time.
What was unique about Harappan houses?
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Harappan houses had only one storey. This is different from modern multistoried buildings in large cities such as Mumbai and Delhi.
Which religious practices of Harappan culture continued later?
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The worship of Mother Goddess and Pashupati continued as part of Indian cultural traditions. These are examples of long cultural continuity.
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