Paige's+Asia+Exhibit

=The Delhi Sultanate Affects India= =﻿= ====﻿Beginning in the 1000's, Muslims leaders, or sultans, regularly attacked India. Eventually, these soldiers formed a group and conquered northern India. They named their new empire the Delhi Sultanate.==== ====﻿One of the events that impacted Dehli Sultanate society the most was the awakening of the primeval Hindu culture and religion. Although the Hindu culture had actually returned 400 years earlier in AD 600, life in India truly changed to the way it had been hundreds of years before when the Delhi Sultanate began following the Hindu caste system. The caste system dramatically changed the India way of life: each resident was assigned a social class depending on their current job. Once they had been assigned a class, they were immobile and could not be promoted to a higher position. All children were born into the same caste as their parents, and they were expected to perform the same jobs. People could only marry someone of the same caste as their own. The uppermost caste consisted of priests, judges and school teachers. The second level included soldiers. Common workers, such as merchants and farmers, came next. Craftspeople and laborers formed a lower caste. Below the entire Indian caste system were the impoverished. These people, called untouchables, had no respect or any voice in government.==== ====The Muslims of the Delhi Sultanate pursued a religion incredibly different compared to that of Hindus. Religious controversy sparked skirmishes between the two groups. The Delhi Sultanate was invaded by a Babur, a Mongol prince, in 1526. Although the Delhi Sultanate army had many more soldiers, Babur had better warriors and animals to help him conquer. The Delhi Sultanate surrendered to the victorious Babur, who then formed the Mughal Empire.====

=﻿= =The Golden "Rule"= ====﻿Hindu goddess Durga is pictured above in a 14th - 15th century golden reproduction of her image. She wears an elegant royal crown touched with various colors of jems. On each side, Durga has nine golden arms that assist her in the slaughter of her enemy, a demon named Mahisha. During the awakening of the Hindu culture in Delhi Sultanate India, figures like the goddess Durga were worshiped.====

=﻿A "Roaring" Return=

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====﻿Tigers, like the ones pictured above, were once abundant in India. However, they are now at a threat of becoming extinct; the current estimated tiger population of India is 1,500. Poachers are the primary reason for the death of these tigers. Over the span of 2003 to 2004, at least 20 tigers were killed at Ranthambhore National Park in India.==== ====Fortunately, one by one, more tiger cubs are born. Reemerging is the old species once taken for granted; as United States officers work to ensure the capture of tiger poachers, India may once again enjoy the natural beauty of these curioius animals.====

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