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Buddhism/Hinduism
Indian Social Pyramid
Harappan and Aryan Civilization
Miscellaneous
100

This is the name of the great soul or world soul in Hinduism.

What is Brahman?

100

This is the bottom of the barrell caste.

What are the untouchables?

100

This civilization was founded in 2300 BC

What is the Harappan civilization?

100

This is a meteorologist (weather person) term that refers to wind  that reverses direction with season.

What is a monsoon?

200
This is the religion practiced by most of India today.

What is Hinduism?

200

This is the term to refer to a social class.

What is a caste?

200

This civilization was founded in 1500 BC

What is the Aryan civilization?

200

These mountains create a natural barrier that secludes India from other countries. This makes them an Indian subcontinent.

What are the Himalayan mountains?

300

Siddhartha Gautama changed his name to this.  His religion is named after him.

Who is Buddha?

300

This is the highest group on the Indian social pyramid, and they will, Hindus believe, be absorbed into Brahman.

What is the priest?

300

This was the written language of the Aryan civilization.

What is Sanskrit?

300

This is the belief that you live another physical life in a different body.

What is reincarnation?

400

This is Buddha's list of good works.

What is the eightfold path?

400

These are after the priests, but before the craftsman.

Who are warriors and rulers?

400

Archaeologists have been unable to do this to a language of an ancient civilization.  Thus, they have not unlocked a lot of mysteries regarding the Harappan civilization.

What is decipher/decode?

400

He was the first great emperor of the Mauryan Empire, and he set up a centralized government.

Who is Chandragupta Maurya?

500

These could move people up the caste system.

What are good deeds?

500

Craftsman, farmers, traders, and artisans are on this caste.

What is the middle caste?

500

This is who helped restore the Great Stupa.

Who is John H. Marshall?

500

These are the three possible reasons for why the Harappan civilization disappeared.

What are famine, invasion, and/or natural disaster?

600

These are what Asoka built many of.  They were dome-shaped shrines called these.

What are stupas?
600
These are not quite the lowest caste, but they are the second to lowest.

Who are laborers/servants?

600
This term means "gained understanding."

What is enlightenment?

700

These are the sacred books of Hinduism.

What are the Vedas?