South Asian peoples


South Asian peoples include roughly the inhabitants of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, although there are other groups. The modern division into nations does not entirely reflect the sociology of these people.	Sapience Home Site Map About Sapience Sociology Peoples Asiatic Peoples

South Asian peoples include roughly the inhabitants of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, although there are other groups. The modern division into nations does not entirely reflect the sociology of these people.

Indian peoples

For more details, see the nation of India

Pakistani peoples

For more details, see the nation of Pakistan

Bengal peoples

For more details, see the nation of Bangladesh

Nepalese peoples

For more details, see the nation of Nepal

Sri Lankan peoples

For more details, see the nation of Sri Lanka


History So far, this includes the history of what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. These peoples can be identified from prehistory and antiquity, and with greater detail through classical and medieval times and into modern times. Their future has not yet been well investigated.	Links to other sites:
Other Sociology The examination of South Asian peoples of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka depends considerably on other peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change. Institutions Institutions can be applied to India, Pakistan, Bangaldesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Religion Religion can be applied to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Particular religious traditions are important. The religions of South asia are largely classed in the predominantly Asiatic traditions, including Indian religion, Persian religion, and Oriental religion. Abrahamic religion, with Islam predominant, has helped produce violent conflicts within the region. There is little Christianity including Orthodoxy or Mormonism and Judaism have not made significant progress most of South Asia. There are some traditions that Old Christianity reached South Asia, but it had little influence compared to other religions. Catholicism is present. Protestantism can be connected. There are connections with pagan religion, including European pagan, Asiatic pagan, African pagan, American Indian pagan, and Neopagan religion. Secularism has some influence. Organization includes unstructured, fragmented, and highly structured varieties. Religious practice and beliefs are different from Western models. Government Particular governments including local government and national government are also significant. International government including traditional empires and colonial empires can be connected. Modern compacts including regional associations, special purpose associations, and temporary alliances can be connected. World government including the League of Nations and United Nations can be connected. Government activities including succession, administration, and state relations can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial structure, legislative structure, executive structure, heads of state, and forms of government is important. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be considered. Economics Economic activities including production, distribution, and consumption will be important. Industry including companies and agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building and sconstruction, social and medical, transportation, communication, and commercial and financial industries will be important. Economic systems including firms, networks, system types, and system behavior can be found. Education including research, teaching, and cultural institutions will be important. Particular schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education will be significant. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected. Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be developed as the site expands. Culture Behavioral culture including customs will be important. Occupations including food related occupations, building related occupations, transportation related occupations, communication related occupations, industrial occupations, and service occupations can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including music, dance, theater, games, and sports can be connected. Cultural events such as miscellaneous events, disasters, gatherings, and holidays can be considered. Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, and mathematics will also be useful. Philosophy including logic, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, special topics, and philosophical schools and doctrines may be considered. Applied science including applied social science, accounting, information and computing science, medical science, navigation, engineering science, and measurement can be connected. Material culture including foodstuffs, clothing, buildings, transportation devices, communication techology, industrial technology, and other artifacts will be useful. Anthropology Particular groups are important and will need to be added. Human geography including Asian geography is most significant. African geography and Oceanic geography are neighboring areas. European geography, North American and South Amerian geography are far less useful. Human ecology including the effects of the environment on people, other life forms, and effects of people on the environment are significant. Physical anthropology including connections of human origins, racial variation, and human dispercion can be considered. Demography including births, migration, death, population size and structure, and population change will be useful. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social group behavior, and social group types can be connected. Personal studies Biography will be highly significant in these studies. Important historical figures include: Alexander Asoka Buddha The human body including body systems, body functions, life cycle, diseasee, and form and a ppearance seems to be mostly indirectly useful. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavioral patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology seems to be mostly indirectly useful. Science Physics, chemistry, and astronomy are less useful than earth science. Biology including molecular biology, cell biology, organism biology, and systematics will be useful. Ecology including behavioral ecology, population ecology, community ecology, system ecology, evolution, ecosystems, and biogreography may be useful. Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic life may be useful.

History

So far, this includes the history of what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. These peoples can be identified from prehistory and antiquity, and with greater detail through classical and medieval times and into modern times. Their future has not yet been well investigated.

Links to other sites:

Other Sociology

The examination of South Asian peoples of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka depends considerably on other peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change.

Institutions

Institutions can be applied to India, Pakistan, Bangaldesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Religion

Religion can be applied to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

Particular religious traditions are important. The religions of South asia are largely classed in the predominantly Asiatic traditions, including Indian religion, Persian religion, and Oriental religion. Abrahamic religion, with Islam predominant, has helped produce violent conflicts within the region. There is little Christianity including Orthodoxy or Mormonism and Judaism have not made significant progress most of South Asia. There are some traditions that Old Christianity reached South Asia, but it had little influence compared to other religions. Catholicism is present. Protestantism can be connected. There are connections with pagan religion, including European pagan, Asiatic pagan, African pagan, American Indian pagan, and Neopagan religion. Secularism has some influence. Organization includes unstructured, fragmented, and highly structured varieties. Religious practice and beliefs are different from Western models.

Government

Particular governments including local government and national government are also significant. International government including traditional empires and colonial empires can be connected. Modern compacts including regional associations, special purpose associations, and temporary alliances can be connected. World government including the League of Nations and United Nations can be connected. Government activities including succession, administration, and state relations can be considered. Government structure including political parties and interest groups, judicial structure, legislative structure, executive structure, heads of state, and forms of government is important. Law including tribal law, Asiatic law, Western law, and international law can be considered.

Economics

Economic activities including production, distribution, and consumption will be important. Industry including companies and agriculture, extraction and manufacturing, building and sconstruction, social and medical, transportation, communication, and commercial and financial industries will be important. Economic systems including firms, networks, system types, and system behavior can be found.

Education including research, teaching, and cultural institutions will be important. Particular schools including higher education, secondary education, and primary education will be significant. Educational organization including administration, faculty, students, and course material can be connected.

Families including marriage, parenting, kinship, and particular families can be developed as the site expands.

Culture

Behavioral culture including customs will be important. Occupations including food related occupations, building related occupations, transportation related occupations, communication related occupations, industrial occupations, and service occupations can be connected. Recreation and entertainment including music, dance, theater, games, and sports can be connected. Cultural events such as miscellaneous events, disasters, gatherings, and holidays can be considered.

Conceptual culture including language, graphic arts, literature, and mathematics will also be useful. Philosophy including logic, metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, special topics, and philosophical schools and doctrines may be considered. Applied science including applied social science, accounting, information and computing science, medical science, navigation, engineering science, and measurement can be connected.

Material culture including foodstuffs, clothing, buildings, transportation devices, communication techology, industrial technology, and other artifacts will be useful.

Anthropology

Particular groups are important and will need to be added. Human geography including Asian geography is most significant. African geography and Oceanic geography are neighboring areas. European geography, North American and South Amerian geography are far less useful. Human ecology including the effects of the environment on people, other life forms, and effects of people on the environment are significant. Physical anthropology including connections of human origins, racial variation, and human dispercion can be considered. Demography including births, migration, death, population size and structure, and population change will be useful. Social foundations including social presentation, social interaction, social control, social group behavior, and social group types can be connected.

Personal studies

Biography will be highly significant in these studies. Important historical figures include:

The human body including body systems, body functions, life cycle, diseasee, and form and a ppearance seems to be mostly indirectly useful. Psychology including behavioral elements, mind, behavioral patterns, developmental psychology, mental disorders, personality, and social psychology seems to be mostly indirectly useful.

Science

Physics, chemistry, and astronomy are less useful than earth science. Biology including molecular biology, cell biology, organism biology, and systematics will be useful. Ecology including behavioral ecology, population ecology, community ecology, system ecology, evolution, ecosystems, and biogreography may be useful. Biohistory including Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic life may be useful.

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