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Hinduism
Buddhism
Indian Empires
Caste System
Indian Life
100
The concept where the soul is believed to return to live in a new body after the death
What is reincarnation?
100
Buddhism got its start as a sub-group of this other religion
What is Hinduism?
100
The first Indian Empires arose in this river valley that gives India its name
What is the Indus?
100
The lowest caste in the Indian System, a group that is spiritually unclean
Who are the Pariahs/Untouchables?
100
This was the center of Indian Life
What is the Village?
200
All the actions of a person's life
What is Karma?
200
This is the cause of all suffering
What is desire?
200
This Indian empire had a "Golden Age" of great advances in learning
What is the Gupta Empire?
200
The Aryan Word for the Non-Aryan castes
What is Dravidian?
200
The name of a payment made to a groom by the bride's family for marriage
What is a Dowry?
300
This is the hindu term it refers to one's personal obligations, calling and duties connected to one's Caste
What is Dharma?
300
This word literally means "extinction" and is seen as being a state of peace
What is Nirvana?
300
The Aryans conquered this river and retold the story in the Epic Poem the Mahabharata
What is the Ganges?
300
The total number of "Supercastes" (Also called Varnas)
What is Five?
300
A household made of all related men, their wives and daughters.
What is the Joint Family?
400
Freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth found after one reaches enlightenment
What is Moksha?
400
This is the full name of the person who became the Buddha
Who is Siddartha Gautama?
400
This emperor conquered southern India and converted to Buddhism late in life
What is Asoka?
400
This was the Dharma of the Vaisyas caste
What is merchants/herders?
400
The creative force held by all women in Indian Culture
What is Shakti?
500
The "preserver god" in hinduism
What is Vishnu?
500
The most "orthodox" version of Buddhism, found most commonly in Sri Lanka.
What is Theravada?
500
This was the second great city of the Indus, the only one of the ancient Indus cities that still stands today
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
500
The Warrior Caste
What are Kshatriyas?
500
The indian word for "Emperor"
What is Maharaja?