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56 Cards in this Set
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Atman
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soul
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Brahman Nerguna
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universal everything
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Samsara
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reincarnation
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Karma
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What i do comes back to me
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Dharma
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Duty (what your role is on earth
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Ahimsa
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nonviolence
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Mahavira
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leader of Jainism
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Siddhortha Gautama
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leader of buddhism
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4 noble truths
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1. life is painful, 2. hurts cuz of desire 3. end pain by ending desire 4. path to overcome desire
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Buddha died from?
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food poisioning, mushroom
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nirvana
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place you can achieve during life
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2 Types of Buddhist worship
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Theravada, Mahayana
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Buddhist holy book
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Tripitaka
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Chalcolithic
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Having to do with the bronze age, copper
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Megalithic stone
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stone of great size, especially in ancient construction or in monuments left by primitive people. Found in caves
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Geography of India
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1. northern mountainous
2. indus, ganges plain 3. deccan plateau 4. coastal rim |
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India's earliest settlements
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Indus river valley
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1st civilization in India
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Harrappan or Indus river valley
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monsoon
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seasonal wind
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summer monsoon is important because?
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brings rain
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Indigenous
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native
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dravidian
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harappan
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decline/fall economically of harappan civilization
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deforestation, flooding, earthquakes
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harappan village based on what society
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agriculture
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who had a well organized government?
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harappan
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who had a standardized weights & measures system?
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Harappan
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what did harappan use cotton for?
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textiles
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who did harappans trade with?
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mesopatamia
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harappan script?
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not yet decoded
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harappan weapons?
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few
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harappan draining systems?
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elaborate
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who was noble?
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Aryans
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Who had war alot?
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Aryans
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who invaded harappan through the hindu kush?
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Aryans
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who established their rule in the ganges river plain?
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Aryans
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who had a warrior society?
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Aryans
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who had social classes that were eventually rigid?
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Aryans
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who had a caste system?
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Aryans
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during the vedic age, change from nomads to farmers?
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Aryans
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vedas
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holy books
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vedas used by?
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aryans
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Aryan epics?
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mahabharata & upanishads
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what epic? attempt to understand the bigger questions of life?
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upanishads
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priests added to the epics why?
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to teach good behavior
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aryan religion?
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Indra
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1st ruler to ignite a large group of India?
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chadragupta maurya
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caplital of mauryan
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pataliputra?
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who was paranoid of death?
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chadragupta maurya
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his early career was violent, converts to buddhism & begins to show his compassion
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Asoka
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who sponsored missionary activity?
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Asoka
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what were the accomplishments of the mauryan dynasty?
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1. unity
2. encourages learning 3. trade grows |
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2500-1500BC
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Harappan culture
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1500BC
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Aryan invasion
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1500-500BC
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Vedic Age
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563-463BC
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Gautama Buddha
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324-535AD
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Mauryan, Gupta
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