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Key Ideas
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planned cities
What is cities built according to a design
100
Karma
What is in Hinduism, the consequences of a person's actions in this life, which determine his or her fate in the next life
100
ahimsa
What is nonviolence
100
religion
What is worship of God, gods, or spirits
100
Brahmans
Who were priests in the early Aryan religion
200
Harappan civilization
What is an ancient civilization that developed along the Indus River
200
reincarnation
What is rebirth of a soul in another body
200
nirvana
What is in Buddhism, a state of wisdom that breaks the cycle of reincarnation
200
practice
What is to follow the teachings of a religion
200
Bhagavad Gita
What is an important sacred text of Hindu writing
300
monsoons
What is seasonal wind system that produces a wet or dry season in a region, sometimes with heavy rainfall
300
Hinduism
What is modern name for the major religion of India, which developed from Brahmanism
300
Asoka
Who was the greatest Maurya king who began to rule in 272 B.C.
300
Hindu-Arabic numerals
What is numerals we use today that originated in India and were brought to the West by Arab trade
300
Bollywood
What is India's movie industry called
400
subcontinent
What is large landmass that is part of a continent but is considered a separate region
400
Brahmanism
What is an early religion of the Aryans
400
dharma
What is a collective teachings of the Buddha, often represented by a wheel
400
Kalidasa
Who was one of India's greatest writers
400
Ganesha
What is the deity of success, education, wealth, and wisdom
500
Hindu Kush
What is a mountain range to northwest of India
500
caste
What is a social class a person belongs to by birth
500
Siddhartha Gautama
Who is the founder of Buddhism also known as the Budda, or "enlightened one"
500
Mohandas Gandhi
Who was a 20th-century Indian who helped lead his country to independence by using nonviolent resistance to colonial rule
500
numerals 1-9, 0
What is an Indian invention you use in math class every day