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Religion
100
meaning "divine law",it directs Hindus to do the duty of their caste
What is dharma
100
First great Buddhist king?
Who is Asoka?
100
Highest mountains in the world.
What is the Himalayas?
100
The consequences of how a person lives his or her life
What is kharma?
100
Grew from the mixture of Aryan beliefs and those of the Harrapans.
What is Hinduism?
200
The prince or leader of a tribe
What is a raja?
200
Expert horse riders who invaded India from the North
Who is Aryans?
200
India's first settlements were here.
What is Indus River Valley?
200
Written language developed by the Aryans
What is sanskrit?
200
belief that people pass through many lives
What is reincarnation?
300
Ancient hymns and prayers for religious ceremonies.
What is vedas?
300
Siddhartha Gautama
Who is Buddha?
300
These two rivers are the most important rivers in India
What is Ganges and the Indus?
300
a government controlled by religious leaders
What is theocracy?
300
Used trade routes to travel to religious shrines or sites
What is a pilgrim?
400
Tool brought by Aryans when they invaded India
What is iron plows?
400
"untouchables" who do work Indians consider unclean
Who is pariahs?
400
What borders the Gupta empire in the north?
What is the Himalayas?
400
Made Hinduism the official religion
What is the Gupta Dynasty?
400
Means "enlightened one"
Who is Buddha?
500
Achievements include a centralized government and a postal system
What is the Mauryan Dynasty?
500
This King rejected violence and embraced Buddhism
Who is Asoka?
500
This river empties into the Arabian sea
What is the Indus?
500
Upper caste boys often had one of these to teach them until they went to the city.
What is a guru?
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