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What Varnas includes India's priests
Brahmins
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what do they believe happens when they die
they are reincarnated
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What Gods did the Hindus believe in?
Brahma, Siva, and Vishnu
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Brahmins wrote their thoughts about the Vedas. What were these writings called?
Vedic texts
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what are the four principals that they live by
injure no life, tell the truth, do not steal, and own no property
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What did the Hindus believed happened after you died?
Reincarnation
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How many Vedic Texts are there?
3
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what did Jains do to practice how to be not violent
nonvilence
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What did the Hindus have to follow in the caste system?
Can never complain or break the rules of their caste
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What level in the caste system was the Brahmin in?
The highest level.
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what do Jains believe everything is apart of
a cycle of rebirth
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Why did so many people believe in Hinduism at the time?
Because even if their caste was Untouchable, if they followed the ruled they would be born into a better caste.
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Why were the Brahmins seen as the highest ranking level in the caste system.
Because they performed rituals for the gods.
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what did the Jains sacrifice
nothing (they were peaceful and did no harm ever)
500
Who created Hinduism?
it was a belief that a lot of people believed in then eventually turned into a religion (so there was no real founder)