India+Topics

= India - Topics = To view the resources page, click here: India Resources

Names: (add your name below if you are interested in doing your project about ancient India)
James Boyle: Coinage and currency and their use in daily life Bissy Michael: Jewelry, tatooing (religious/cultural significance) Freddie Stavins: Sports and exercise in daily life Caroline Kamm: Life in Buddhist Monastaries Jack Gillette: (Classical Indian music - most likely the Samaveda, the collection of hymns that were sung in religious ceremonies) Leif Hague: Diet and beliefs about food Miriam Ferede: Daily religious practices (Hinduism). Focus on lay people Sunjay Koshy: Social hierarchy (possibly life in either the lower castes or upper castes) Stirling Hobgood: Yoga sutra (as a practice) Lyric Simms: Clothing (with possibly an emphasis on the upper classes) Andrew Richardson: Tools and technologies used in warfare

Topic Ideas:
War strategies/technologies (i.e. elephants) Slavery Clothes - Lyric Simms Trade Currency, Coinage, Money-James Boyle Cooking House layout Role of women Role of men Military Home religious practices Jobs Medicine Education Children's games Role of children Music - Jack Gillette Structure of Government Social Hierarchy - Sunjay Koshy Individuals' Roles in Government Life in the Lower Classes Life in the Upper Classes Farming Diet - Leif Hague Celebrations Everyday Technology Construction Agriculture Divorce/Multiple marriages Marriage celebrations Sports/Working out-Freddie Funerals Jewelry and Cosmetics - Bissy Yoga/Yoga Sutra Sculpture Kama Shastra-Stirling Different languages/dialects Religious celebrations (Buddhism) -Caroline