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21 Cards in this Set
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monsoons
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seasonal wind named for the direction in which it blows or the season in which it occurs
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citadel
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strong central fotress
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Vedas
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the great literature of the indo-aryan religion
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Sanskrit
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Indo-aryan language that is the clssical language of india
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Brahmins
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preists in the indo-aryan religion; also, members of the priestly class
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raja
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prince who ruled an indo-aryan city-state
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Upanishads
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philosophical explanations of the vedic religion
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epics
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long poems describing heroes and great events
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Mahabharata & Ramayana
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epic poem based on themes from the Upanishads
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dharma
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Hindu belief in fulfillment of moral duty so that the soul can progress toward deliverance from punishment in the next life
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Bhagavad Gita
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the last 18 chapts of the Mahabharata stressing the idea of proper conduct for on'e status
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caste system
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form of social organization composed of four classes which originated in India
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monism
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Hindu belief that God and human beings are one
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maya
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according to Hinduism the illusory world of the senses
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reincarnation
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Hindu belief in the transmigration or rebirth of the soul
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karma
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Hindu belief that the present condition of a persons life reflects what that person did during a previous life
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yoga
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Hindu religious practice of physical and mental dicipline that harmonizes the body with the soul
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nirvana
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a perfect peace part of Buddhist belief which releases the coul from the endless cycle of reincarnation
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polygyny
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marriage oh a man to mroe that one wife
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suttee
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Indian ritual in which a widow commits suicide after the death of her husband
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stupa
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hemispherical of dome-shaped shrine that held objectsassociated with the Buddha
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