Ancient means of maintaining societial order, confucian beliefs in china vs. hinduism in the indus valley.

Societal order has been a major problem throughout the ages. The need to maintain order has been a key issue in the early development of early civilizations. This is an extremely interesting topic to study due to the fact that all early civilizations had the same basic problems that needed to be addressed, however, the means that they employed to convert disorder into ordered civilization vary according to the people that are studied. The metamorphosis …

…fact that both were developed during roughly the same age and resulted from social disorder within their respective societies opens a whole different set of questions and interpretations. The conclusions draw from the study of these two systems can be highly influenced by the scholar's own personal beliefs. Such examples of this are the interpretation of Hinduism as polytheism or monotheism, and Confucianism being atheist, agnostic, or simply not dealing the religious aspect of society.