---
name: Hindu
period_ancient: -1500 - -500
period_modern: 1900 - 2023
locations: Nepal, India,
---

# Hindu

> **1/1 Grail**: [Hindu Grail (#8277)](../../grails/hindu.md)

## Cultural Context

**Figures Associated:**
- Kali; a Hindu goddess associated with destruction, transformation, and time. Depicted as fierce with a dark complexion, multiple arms, and a necklace of skulls, she symbolizes power over death and ego. Revered as a divine mother who destroys evil and liberates devotees from ignorance, she is central to Shaktism and linked to empowerment and spiritual liberation.

**Events Associated / Significant Cultural Impact:**
1. How the British East India Company invented the International Drug Trade; the Company pioneered the global opium trade by cultivating and exporting opium from India to China in the 18th-19th centuries. Facing trade imbalances, they expanded production in Bengal and smuggled opium despite bans, fueling addiction for profit. This led to the Opium Wars and established a model for exploitative drug trafficking.

**Fashion Icons / Symbolism:** Om symbol, bindi, hindu swastika,


## Drug Connections

**Modern:** [CBD](../../traits/overlays/molecules/cbd.md)

**Ancient:** [Sugarcane](../../traits/overlays/molecules/sugarcane.md), [Datura](../../traits/overlays/molecules/datura.md), [Syrian Rue](../../traits/overlays/molecules/syrian-rue.md), [Brahmi](../../traits/overlays/molecules/brahmi.md), [Ashwagandha](../../traits/overlays/molecules/ashwagandha.md), [Bhang](../../traits/overlays/molecules/bhang.md)

## Sources

- https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/how-the-british-east-india-company-invented-the-international-drug-trade-96ce73769571
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali

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## Miberas with this Ancestor

[#0018](../../miberas/0018.md) • [#0055](../../miberas/0055.md) • [#0065](../../miberas/0065.md) • [#0067](../../miberas/0067.md) • [#0088](../../miberas/0088.md) • [#0143](../../miberas/0143.md) • [#0151](../../miberas/0151.md) • [#0157](../../miberas/0157.md) • [#0165](../../miberas/0165.md) • [#0171](../../miberas/0171.md) • [#0195](../../miberas/0195.md) • [#0205](../../miberas/0205.md) • [#0210](../../miberas/0210.md) • [#0218](../../miberas/0218.md) • [#0220](../../miberas/0220.md) • [#0221](../../miberas/0221.md) • [#0227](../../miberas/0227.md) • [#0230](../../miberas/0230.md) • [#0231](../../miberas/0231.md) • [#0298](../../miberas/0298.md) • [#0324](../../miberas/0324.md) • [#0325](../../miberas/0325.md) • [#0349](../../miberas/0349.md) • [#0357](../../miberas/0357.md) • [#0363](../../miberas/0363.md) • [#0384](../../miberas/0384.md) • [#0411](../../miberas/0411.md) • [#0431](../../miberas/0431.md) • [#0459](../../miberas/0459.md) • [#0467](../../miberas/0467.md) • [#0485](../../miberas/0485.md) • [#0494](../../miberas/0494.md) • [#0505](../../miberas/0505.md) • [#0513](../../miberas/0513.md) • [#0546](../../miberas/0546.md) • [#0555](../../miberas/0555.md) • [#0592](../../miberas/0592.md) • [#0613](../../miberas/0613.md) • [#0618](../../miberas/0618.md) • [#0623](../../miberas/0623.md) • [#0625](../../miberas/0625.md) • [#0642](../../miberas/0642.md) • [#0651](../../miberas/0651.md) • [#0671](../../miberas/0671.md) • [#0676](../../miberas/0676.md) • [#0680](../../miberas/0680.md) • [#0708](../../miberas/0708.md) • [#0711](../../miberas/0711.md) • [#0722](../../miberas/0722.md) • [#0742](../../miberas/0742.md) • ... and 614 more

*664 Miberas total*
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