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Hinduism originated from the Harappan beliefs of reincarnation and the immortality of the soul, which reappeared in the late Vedic period and became a fundamental component of the deeper aspects of Hinduism.
It should be noted that Hinduism is not Buddhism. They have completely different doctrines from Buddhism. Buddhism advocates "equality of all beings" while Hinduism advocates the caste system.
The Indian caste system, also known as the Varna system, was formed in the late Vedic period. It is the most typical and strict hierarchy in the ancient world.
The four classes have strict regulations on status, rights, occupations, and obligations:
The first class of Brahmins were mainly monk aristocrats who had the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and offering sacrifices to gods.
The second class of Kshatriyas are military and administrative nobles, who have the privilege of collecting various taxes.
The third class, Vaishya, was a class of free civilians of the Aryans. They engaged in farming, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting, etc. They had no political privileges and had to support the first two classes with donations and taxes.
The vast majority of the fourth class, the Shudras, were conquered indigenous people who were non-Aryans. They were engaged in farming, animal husbandry, fishing, hunting and other occupations that were considered lowly at the time.
This caste system is centered on the Brahmins and divides people into many endogamous groups based on occupation, namely castes.
These sub-castes are further divided into many settlement castes according to the settlements they live in, and these settlement castes are finally divided into clans with different exogamy practices;
These layers are interconnected and integrated into a social system that is spread throughout India.
With such a strict caste division, once you are classified as a lower caste, you will be an inferior person for generations. This is bound to lead to all kinds of sharp social contradictions and suppress India's development.
When the navy marched to India, Qin Mu gave clear instructions to protect Hinduism and to allow it to flourish in India.
The Mughal Empire, which now believes in Islam, is currently leading an army of more than 100,000 people under the leadership of Prince Aurangzeb to launch a massive attack on small Hindu countries in the central and southern parts of the country.
If Aurangzeb completely conquered the small countries in the central and southern parts, it would go against Qin Mu's wishes. Hai Rufeng regarded this matter as a top priority.
He took four huge treasure ships and forty clippers and sailed to Cuttack in the middle of the east coast of India.
The reason why Hai Rufeng chose Cuttack was that, firstly, it was now controlled by the Dutch, and secondly, it was close to the war zone where the Mughal Empire was fighting against the small states in central and southern Taiwan.
More importantly, there is a Sun Temple near Cuttack.
This sun temple was built in the Southern Song Dynasty. Its appearance is a unique chariot of the sun god Surya, with 12 pairs of huge stone wheels and 7 stone horses pulling the chariot. The carvings in the temple are exquisite and vivid. It is regarded as a holy place by Hindus.
As long as this Sun Temple is preserved from being destroyed by the Mughal army, it would be easy to win the favor and trust of the entire Hindu religion and lay a good foundation for future actions in India.
A Dutch armed merchant ship just sailed out of the port of Paradib at the mouth of the Mohanadi River. The captain, Baron Eiffel, was wearing a neat black suit with white lace embroidered on the collar of his shirt. He had a knight's sword on his waist and white gloves on his hands.
"Kron! Did you hear me? Take out my telescope quickly." Baron Eiffel shouted while looking at the sea to the east.
In the cabin, a blond boy in his teens came out jogging with a telescope. Baron Eiffel opened the telescope and looked east. There was a black cloud there, which looked a bit strange.
"Oh my God!" Baron Eiffel exclaimed, "That's not a black cloud. It's not a black cloud, it's a warship... Oh, God, how is this possible, how can there be such a huge ship..."
Baron Eiffel put down the telescope, wiped his eyes, and quickly raised it to take a closer look. Yes, it was indeed a ship.
Black sails, black hull, black... ... ... everything is black, black is deep, black is cold, and full of mystery. These are not the most important things. What is important is... ... ....How can there be such a big ship, how can it be... ... ...
Before coming to India, Baron Eiffel had seen the British ship Majesty of the Seas, which was the largest ship in Europe. But compared with the black behemoths in front of him, the Majesty of the Seas was like a child's toy...
The Dutch sailors and mercenaries on the armed merchant ships were all looking forward to it and talking about it.
"Oh my God, that's the Qin Empire's warship."
"Yes, I have heard that only the Qin Empire has such a huge warship."
"It is black, there is no doubt about that. Only the Qin Empire's warships are painted black. They are devils, devils..."
First mate Ulysses said anxiously: "Baron, should we return to the port of Baladibu to report the news, or go south to avoid the Qin army's warships?"
Baron Eiffel is a knight, or at least he used to be.
He made a prompt decision and said, "Quick, quick, quick, turn the rudder back to the port of Paradib to report the news, quickly!"
Baron Eiffel gave a firm order, and the armed merchant ship was in chaos. Some were adjusting the sails, some were steering, and some were manning the guns...
When they turned around, Baron Eiffel couldn't help but exclaimed again, because the huge black battleship came so fast.
He had expected that such a huge ship would move slowly, but he had never imagined that the ship's speed was much faster than he had thought, perhaps even faster than his armed merchant ship.
Five miles, four miles, three miles... ... ... The astonishingly huge fleet was still approaching, and as the distance between the two sides got closer and closer, the black giant ship was as tall as a mountain, and its huge figure made people feel more and more suffocated.
Baron Eiffel was a brave knight, at least he had been, and he was always proud of it.
But looking at the huge ship as big as a mountain gradually approaching, even though it was two or three miles away, he couldn't help but sweat coldly, his hands trembled, and his right hand almost couldn't hold the hilt of the sword.
"hurry up!"
First mate Ulysses was yelling hysterically. Their armed merchant ship was fully loaded with cargo and had a deep draft, which greatly affected its speed. Seeing the huge Qin Empire fleet getting closer and closer from behind, Ulysses' roar could not help but become timid.
At this moment, what surprised Eifelman even more was that several huge birds flew up from one of the four huge warships of the Qin State, circled in the air, and then flew towards them... ... ...
"Oh my God, those are flying people. They can fly. I heard they can breathe fire and blow up all the ships..."
"Holy Mary, save us!"
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Seeing the big bird flying closer, the mercenaries and sailors on the ship who had heard some legends broke into chaos. Someone even bumped into Baron Eiffel in panic, knocking his top hat into the sea.
The big birds approached quickly, and I could see that there was indeed a person under the huge wings. I could also hear their strange and wanton cries faintly.
Baron Eiffel grabbed a gun and aimed at a descending "birdman". Bang! A gunshot rang out, scaring the "birdman" in the sky and quickly raising his head, screaming.
Although Baron Eiffel could not understand the language of the Qin Empire, he was sure that the "birdman" in the sky must be cursing.
Then, those huge wings adjusted their angles, forming a 90-degree angle with their course, and began to dive down.
"Shoot quickly, shoot quickly, they are afraid of bullets, shoot quickly, don't let them get close..." Baron Eiffel shouted while loading the bullets.
The mercenaries on the armed merchant ship opened fire as ordered, but they were all using smoothbore muskets with limited range. The flying men with huge wings were still two hundred steps away, and the range of the smoothbore muskets could not reach such a distance, and the elevation angle of the artillery was not enough.
There were constant gunshots and smoke in the air on the boat, but it was useless to the flying men. When both sides were about 150 steps apart, suddenly six dazzling flames burst out from under the flying men and whizzed towards their boat.
They were not natives who had never seen the world, and they knew that this was not a good thing. They all threw themselves under the side of the ship. In a flash, six flames arrived, four of which shot into the sea, and two pierced into the bow of the ship.
Boom! Boom!
There were two deafening explosions in succession. Before Baron Eiffel could see what was happening, he was thrown into the air by a huge force. In the air, he finally saw a huge fireball coming out of the bow. The entire bow seemed to be lifted out of the sea by a giant hand. The deck was torn apart and scattered...
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