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India Vocab.
Question | Answer |
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founder of Buddhism | Siddhartha Gautama |
2 major cities of the Indus River Valley Civilization | Harappa and Mohenjo Daro |
large piece of land that is a part of a continent but distinct from the rest of it | subcontinent |
the government and Buddhist leader who is considered to be the present incarnation of the Buddha. | Dalai Lama |
a strong wind that blows one way during the winter and the opposite way during the summer | monsoon |
is the consequences of how a person lives in relation to their dharma | karma |
an Aryan tribal prince of a small kingdom | raja |
India's social system created by the Aryans was called the __________ system. | caste |
This man founded an empire after conquering a large area of the Ganges River after Alexander the Great left. | Chandragupta Maurya |
India's first great Buddhist king | Asoka |
dome-shaped Buddhist temple or shrine | stupa |
The capital of both the Maurya and the Gupta dynasties was ____________________. | Pataliputra |
A government run from one location, such as a capital city, is called this. | Centralized government |
The longest poem in written history | Mahabarata |
teacher | guru |
a long period of time without water | drought |
Divine law, or duties of each caste | dharma |
Line of rulers from the same family | dynasty |
Government ruled by religious leaders | theocracy |
Not a place but a state of wisdom that a person reaches when he/she gives up all desires | nirvana |
the universal spirit in Hinduism | Brahmin |
the highest caste, the priests are the only ones who can perform religious rites | Brahmans |