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India Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hinduism | one of the oldest religions in the world, beginning with the Aryans; thousands of gods and goddesses |
| caste system | established social groups that people are born into and cannot change |
| Sanskrit | the language of India developed by the Ayrans |
| Brahman | caste of Hindu priests |
| Reincarnation | the idea of passing through many lives to achieve Brahman |
| Dharma | the Divine Law |
| Karma | the consequences of how a person lives |
| Hindi | invented the concept of zero '0' |
| Asoka | history's 1st great Buddhist king |
| Buddhism | religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama known as the Buddha ("enlightened one") by his followers |
| Theocracy | when a religious leader is head of the government |
| Aryans | a group of people from central Asia who raised and herded animals also great warriors who migrated into India |
| Indus River | water flows down from the Himalayan Mountains and when controlled can be used for farming; the area around the river is called the Indus River Valley |