https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm PERSIA images for India en-us 2016-10-25 18:42:43 UTC 2025-11-18 22:27:55 UTC hello@padlet.com danielle_bennett https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133140910 Mahandas Gandhi led a movement to end British colonization in India in the 1940s. The Indian independence movement, though nonviolent, secured the Indians freedom 1947.]]> 2016-10-25 18:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133140910 danielle_bennett https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133143044 The city of Varanasi, considered the religious capital of India, is the holy city in Hinduism, the dominant religion of India. For Hindus, it is a place of pilgrimage, located along the sacred Ganges River. ]]> 2016-10-25 18:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133143044 danielle_bennett https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133145815 The caste system is a social structure created by the Aryan people in India after the end of the Indus Valley Civilization. The system divides people into ranked categories, with those of higher castes having higher social status.]]> 2016-10-25 19:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133145815 danielle_bennett https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133151478 The Ganges River runs through Bangladesh and India. It is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. ]]> 2016-10-25 19:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133151478 danielle_bennett https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133507072 The Mahābhārata and the Rāmāyana are the two most prominent epic poems created in India. Hindu social and religious beliefs are represented in the poems. ]]> 2016-10-27 01:29:07 UTC https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133507072 danielle_bennett https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133508223 While under British imperialism, India used an economic system called mercantilism. The colony would supply materials for other countries, particularly Britain. ]]> 2016-10-27 01:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/danielle_bennett/7vq7gr91vfbm/wish/133508223