Ancient India Flashcards

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Leader of the Mauryan Empire in 270 B.C.

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Ashoka the Great

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Indus River Valley civilization from about 1500 B.C.

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Aryans

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The life force, creator and destroyer in Hinduism

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Brahman

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Ancient religion of India

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Buddhism

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Rigid social group into which a person is born

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Caste

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Basic understandings in Buddhism

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Four Noble Truths

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Indian Empire in South Asia from 280 A.D. to 550 A.D.

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Gupta Empire

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Ancient city found in the Indus River Valley

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Harappa

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Ancient religion still practiced by millions

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Hinduism

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Location of ancient civilization in present-day India and Pakistan

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Indus River Valley

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The consequences of a person’s behavior

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Karma

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First Indian empire in South Asia

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Mauryan Empire

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The practice of sitting quietly and clearing the mind of thought

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Meditation

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Ancient city found in the Indus River Valley

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Mohenjo-Daro

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Belief that after death one is reborn into a new life

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Reincarnation

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Ancient language which emerged int the Indus River Valley

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Sanskrit

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Given name of the Buddha

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Siddhartha Gautama

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In Hinduism, people so low they had no caste

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Untouchables

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Collected stories, poems, and songs of the Aryans

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Vedas