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hinduism practice by most indians that can not be traced back
moksha in hinduism it is the ultimate goal of human existence to escape from reincarnation
citadel a fortress enclosing buildings
Rajas leaders who ruled villages banded together
varnas the four social classes the vedic society was divided into
dharma to achieve moksha is to fulfill ones set spiritual duties and obligation
yoga mental excersises for hindus
jainism broke off from hinduism; the idea is to give up worldly possessions and control all actions
ahimsa the jain teaching of nonviolence
four noble truths the four things to follow in buddhism
eightfold path a way desires can be overcome for buddhists
nirvana buddha taught the eightfold path could attain a state of perfect peace in which the soul could be free from suffering
theravada one of the three main divisions of buddhism
mahayana buddist division of buddhism
zen a school of Mahayana Buddhism
Shi Huangdi the qin ruler of the new empire of china meaning "first emperor" he iunified china
legalism a political philospshy
liu bang a rebel who defeated the qin forces and unified china
wudi the emperor whos rule was the hieght of the Han dynasty
xiongnu a security threat to wudi were the nomads who lived on the steppes of North China
Ban Zhou a confucian scholar and writer who wrote poems
sima qian wrote Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji)
Chandragupta founder of the Mauryan dynasty
Kautilya an advisor of chandragupts who influenced many decisions
ashoka chanragupta's great grandson who was considered the best leader of the mauryan dynasty
chandra gupta II ruled from 375 to 415 and further expanded the empire and strenghtend the empire
kalidasa a peot and playwirght
aryabhata an indian anstronomeer who argued the earth rotates around an axis and revolves around the sun
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