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12 Cards in this Set
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Monsoons
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Winds that mark the seasons in India.
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Citadel
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Buildings on a bick platform
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epics
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Long poems based on historical or religious themes
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castle system
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Complex form os social organization that began to take shape afther Indo-Aryan migration
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varnas
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social classes in Indian Societyl
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monism
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Belief in the unity of God and creation
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maya
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Illusory world of the senses according to Hinduism
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reincarnation
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Belief in the rebirth of souls
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nivana
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perfect spirital peace as taught in Hinduism
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polytheistic
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beliefs that many gods exist
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Upanishads
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written explenation of the Veduc religion
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Bhagavad Gita
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last 18 chapters of the Mahabharats stressing this idea of proper conduct for ones status
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