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100

This mountain range lies to the northeast of India

What are the Himalayas

100

This ancient civilization was known to be peaceful. But disappeared mysteriously around 1900 BCE

What is the Indus Valley Civilization?

100

Term for rebirth that is also used in other Indian religions.

What is samsara?

100

Buddha practiced an extreme version of this after leaving his comfortable life as a prince.

What is asceticism?

100

This is the class system in India for Hinduism

What is the caste system

200
This Body of water lies directly to the east of the Indian subcontinent.

What is the Bay of Bengal?

200
This nomadic group settled in the Indus Valley and Northern India around 1500 BCE
Who are the Aryans?
200

This term is believed to be possessed by all living creature.

What is a jiva? Soul
200
Buddhist term for escaping rebirth and becoming enlightened.
What is Nirvana?
200
In Hinduism this class of people were typically considered to be the class of merchants and tradesmen.

Who are Vaishyas? 

300

This river in Northern India is considered a holy site to several Indian religions; (hint: south of Nepal, north of the Yamuna River)

What is the Ganges river?

300

This religion practiced by the Aryans eventually evolved into Hinduism

What is Brahminism?

300
The Jainism Vow of non violence is called.
What is Ahimsa?
300

The name Buddha Had prior to achieving enlightenment.

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?

300
The First of the four stages of an Ideal Hindu life.

What is the Student/learning phase?

400
These seasonal winds blow rain and flooding to the Indian Subcontinent 
What are the summer monsoons?
400

DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!

This language was used by the Aryans and composed most of there religious texts.

What is Vedic/Sanskrit? 

400
This person lived in northern India and is looked to as the progenitor of modern Jainism

What was Mahavira?

400

It is said that Buddha discovered these while meditating under a bodhi tree (hint: they summarize the essence of Buddha's teachings)

What are the four noble truths?

400
One of the goals of an ideal Hindu life, related to survival, power, and wealth

What is artha?

500
This ancient city is situated in the Indus River Valley.

What is the city of Harappa/Mohenjo Daro? 

500

A Hindu scripture part of the epic Mahabharata, that features dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna.

What is the Bhagavad Gita?

500

Jains believe that to rid one self of karma they must live their life according to these guidelines.

What are the 5 vows?

500

It is said that one can escape the suffering of life by following this set of guidelines.

What is the Eightfold Path?

500

One of the most important texts in early Brahmanism/Hinduism (hint: one of the four Vedas, this large collection of hymns totals some 1028 hymns, organized into ten books called maṇḍalas.)

What is the RigVeda?