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9 Cards in this Set
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Asoka
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Mauryan dynasty emperor who converted the Buddhism and sent missionaries throughout Asia to spread it’s principles.
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Pilgrim
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People who travel to a religious place.
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Bhagavad Gita
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Sermon by the god Krisha that gave key points of Indian
society and rightness of ones moral duty. |
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Mahabharata
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The philosophical story that gives the four major goals of life of a Hindu.
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Faxian
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A Buddhist monk from China who wrote positive remarks about Buddhism and the Gupta rulers.
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Kalidasa
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Author of the poem The Cloud Messenger about the exiled male earth spirit who grieves for his wife.
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Ramayana
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Another epic which depicts the duties of relationships, portraying ideal characters like the ideal father, servant, brother, wife and king.
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Vedas
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Earliest known Indian literature, which were stories and chants about religious virtue.
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Aryabhata
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Famous mathematician from the Gupta Empire who introduced
the concept of 0. |
