Indian History and Buddhism

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ahimsa

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Nonviolence

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Buddhism

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Religion that began in India and is based on the teachings of Siddartha Gautama

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Siddartha Gautama

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Founder of Buddhism also known as the Buddha, or "enlightened one"

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nirvana

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In Buddhism, a state of wisdom that breaks the cycle of reincarnation

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dharma

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Collective teachings of the Buddha, often represented by a wheel

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Asoka

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Greatest Maurya king who began to rule in 272 B.C.

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enlightened

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Having spiritual knowledge or understanding

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spies

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Secret agents who obtain information about an enemy

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flourished

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To have done well; prospered

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estimated

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Guessed; calculated roughly