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Himalayan Mountains
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Region marking northern border of the India subcontinent. Site of Aryans settlements.
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Monsoons
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Seasonal winds crossing Indian subcontinent and Southern Asia during summer bring rains.
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Varnas
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Caste groups in Aryans society, Brahams, Warrior, Merchants, and Peasants were grouped under untouchable Dasas.
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Untouchables
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Low social caste in Hindu culture performed tasks that were polluting, street sweeping, removing human waste, and tanning.
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Dharma
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Caste possition that's determined by a persons birth.
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If your parents are rich you'll be rich.
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Dharma
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Caste possition that's determined by a persons birth.
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If your parents are rich you'll be rich.
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Karma
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In Hindu & Buddhism the sum of a persons actions in this and pervious states of existence.
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Reincarnation
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Rebirth of a soul in a new body.
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Mahabharata
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Indian epic war princely honor love & social duty written down in the last centuries handed down in oral form.
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Ramayana
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One of the great epic titles from classical India. Traces adventures of King Rama and his wife Sifa.
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Gupta Dynasty
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Succeeded the Kushans in 3rd century CE built empire that expanded to all but southern regions of Indian subcontinent.
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Gurus
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Originally referred to as Braham who served as teachers for the princes of the imperial court of the Guptas.
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Sanskrit
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The sacred and classical Indian language.
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Vedas
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Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally but written down in sacred books from 6th century BCE.
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Aryans
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Indo Europeans nomadic pastoralists who replaced Harrapans civilization militarized society.
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Caste System
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A class structure that's determined by birth. If your parents are poor you'll be poor if their rich you'll be rich.
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Hinduism
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Major religions and cultural tradition of South Asia developed from Vedic religion.
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Siddartha Guatama
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Buddha. Buddha was a Indian religious leader and founder of Buddhism.
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Buddhism
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Nontheistic religion that encompasses a variety of traditions beliefs and practices largely teachings.
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Nirvana
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The Buddhist state of enlightenment a state of tranquility.
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Mauryan Dynasty
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Established in Indian subcontinent in 4th century BCE followed by the invasion by Alexander the Great.
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Ashoka
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Grandson of Chandragupta M. completed conquest of Indian subcontinents converted to Buddhism.
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Upanishads
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Series of Hindu sacred treaties written in Sanskrit.
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Shiva
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Hindu, god of destruction and reproduction worshipped as the personification of cosmic forces of change.
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Vishnu
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The Braham later Hindu god of sacrifice widely worshipped.
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Indra
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Chief deity of the Aryans depicted as a colossal hard drinking warrior.
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