India Vocab Flashcard

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Rigid social structure with hereditary classes

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Caste System

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Indo-European people from the Caucasus who entered India around 1500 BC

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Aryans

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Seasonal winds causing summer rain and winter dryness

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Monsoons

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A large landmass that is a sub-division of a continent

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Sub-continent

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Great Indian epic reflecting Aryan struggles in southern India.

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Mahabharata

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In Hinduism, a person's religious and moral duties, right way of living.

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Dharma

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Ancient Sanskrit texts by the Aryans, earliest sacred Hindu writings.

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Vedas

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Sacred Hindu writings exploring the Vedas.

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Upanishads

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Liberation from the cycle of reincarnation in Hinduism.

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Moksha

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Belief in Hinduism and Buddhism: souls are reborn.

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Reincarnation