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WH Finals
Flash cards about India for the WH finals!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rajah | Chief |
| Dharma | Duties of males that belonged to Varna |
| Reincarnation | Rebirth of the sould; soul passes through many lives |
| Karma | How a person behaves determines how they come back in another life |
| Aryans | Indo-European group from black and caspian seas |
| Sanskrit | Language developed by Aryans eventually a written language |
| Nirvana | State of freedom from the cycle of rebirth |
| Stupa | Large stone mounds over bones of Holy people |
| Siddhartha Gautama | The founder of Budhism, began life as a prince |
| Four Noble Truths | A new religious philosophy |
| 1st Noble Truth | All people suffer and know sorrow |
| 2nd Noble Truth | People suffer because desires bind them |
| 3rd Noble Truth | People could end suffering by eliminating desires |
| 4th Noble Truth | One could eliminate desire by following eightfold path |
| Arabic Numerals | The number symbols they adopted for numbers 1 to 9 |
| Chandragupta 1 | A ruler who introduced Gupta Dynasty, ruled northern India, and made Magadha the base of his kingdom |
| Chandragupta 2 | Ruled Gupta when it reached its height |
| Panchatantra | A collection of tales which presented moral lessons through animals |
| Shakuntala | The most famous playwright about romantic love between a king and forest maiden |
| Vedas | Rituals in holy books, poems, hymns, and legends |
| Mahabharata | An epic poem about the Dharma |
| Bhagavad Gita | An eloquent section or "song of the lord" |
| Ramayana | A 2nd epic presents the moving tale of Rama and Sita |
| Upanishads | Religious writings that show universal spirit present within people |