---
name: Indian
period_ancient: -2600 - -600
period_modern: 1947 - 2024
locations: India, Nepal
---

# Indian

## Cultural Context

**Figures Associated:**

**Events Associated / Significant Cultural Impact:**
1. Shiva and cannabis culture; cannabis (ganja/bhang) has been used for millennia in India and Nepal, particularly during Maha Shivaratri. Devotees smoke it in chillums or consume bhang to honor Shiva, believed to use it for meditation. Despite legal restrictions since the 1980s, cannabis remains integral to religious rituals.

2. The Goa trance scene; in the 1960s-90s, Goa became a global hub for psychedelic culture, birthing the Goa trance genre that influenced electronic music worldwide.

**Fashion Icons / Symbolism:** Chillum pipes, Shiva trident (trishul), Om symbol, henna patterns, sari fabrics, bindis


## Drug Connections

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

**Ancient:** [Bhang](../../traits/overlays/molecules/bhang.md)

## Sources

- https://herb.co/news/culture/shiva-india-ganja-culture
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa_trance

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## Miberas with this Ancestor

[#0006](../../miberas/0006.md) • [#0042](../../miberas/0042.md) • [#0254](../../miberas/0254.md) • [#0537](../../miberas/0537.md) • [#0775](../../miberas/0775.md) • [#0875](../../miberas/0875.md) • [#0951](../../miberas/0951.md) • [#0974](../../miberas/0974.md) • [#1125](../../miberas/1125.md) • [#1295](../../miberas/1295.md) • [#1749](../../miberas/1749.md) • [#1810](../../miberas/1810.md) • [#1959](../../miberas/1959.md) • [#2112](../../miberas/2112.md) • [#2851](../../miberas/2851.md) • [#3059](../../miberas/3059.md) • [#3214](../../miberas/3214.md) • [#3343](../../miberas/3343.md) • [#3375](../../miberas/3375.md) • [#4457](../../miberas/4457.md) • [#4469](../../miberas/4469.md) • [#4514](../../miberas/4514.md) • [#4544](../../miberas/4544.md) • [#4561](../../miberas/4561.md) • [#5853](../../miberas/5853.md) • [#6006](../../miberas/6006.md) • [#6036](../../miberas/6036.md) • [#6258](../../miberas/6258.md) • [#6490](../../miberas/6490.md) • [#6696](../../miberas/6696.md) • [#7584](../../miberas/7584.md) • [#7654](../../miberas/7654.md) • [#7877](../../miberas/7877.md) • [#8339](../../miberas/8339.md) • [#8475](../../miberas/8475.md) • [#8685](../../miberas/8685.md) • [#9409](../../miberas/9409.md) • [#9573](../../miberas/9573.md) • [#9924](../../miberas/9924.md)

*39 Miberas total*
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