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12 Cards in this Set
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Important Mauryan emperor,attempted to make Buddhism the official religion of india
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Ashoka
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United india for 200+ yeas smaller empire than the one prior
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Gupta Empire
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Basic teachings of Buddhism centered around eliminating suffering and achieving enlightenment
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4 noble truths
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Living a withdrawn life where you eat a specia diet practice yoga and meditate in an attempt to escape reincarnation
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Ascetism
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Languageof the aryans
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Sanskirt
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Buddhist belief in the escape from the cycle of birth death and rebirth
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Nirvana
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A pastoral group that migrated int india and came into contact with the natives of india
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Indo-Europeans
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The langugage spoken by the native indian
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Dravidian language
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Hindu term for the liberation from the cycle of birth and rebirth.
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Moksha
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Indian practice of widows joining their dead husbands on the funeral pyre.
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Sati
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Founder of the Mauryan empire
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Chandragupta
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A government that redistributes luxury goods and used elaborate ceremonies to impress dependents
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Theater-State
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