vocab Ancient India
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| show | Hindu-Arabic number symbols that were spread by traders. These symbols used today. (cultural diffusion)
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| Gupta Empire | show 🗑
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| show | Founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 B.C. India's first empire. Stretch from northern India to almost the southern tip.
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| show | social hierarchy that divides people into four Varnas. Introduced by the Aryans.
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| show | Mauryan King that converted to Buddhism. Built hospitals, roads, Stupas, religious tolerance and a trade network to the Mediterranean Sea.
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| show | During the Gupta Empire: algorithm, symbols for 1-9, zero and infinity, mapped the movement of the stars, understood gravity, set broken bones, plastic surgery, metallurgy (steel)
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| show | Buddha's path to end suffering. Consist of doing the right things. Doesn't believe in the caste system. Believed all people could reach Nirvana.
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| Untouchables | show 🗑
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| show | Nomadic Pastoralist from Central Asia. Migrated into India and brought the iron plow, Sanskrit language, the Caste System, and the idea that cows are sacred animals to India.
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| show | The idea that the soul is reborn again and again. Found in both Hinduism and Buddhism.
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| show | Nomadic people who live in Central Asia. Found in areas where the climate and elevation is not good for farming, but can support grazing animals. Survival and wealth based on the animals. People were warriors (militaristic)
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| show | Agriculture; people who farm and are sedentary (stay in one place)
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| Sedentary | show 🗑
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| show | religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama, in India. Spread to Southeast and East Asia. Belief life is full of suffering, reincarnation, to reach Nirvana.
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| Hinduism | show 🗑
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| Siddhartha Gautama | show 🗑
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| Samsara | show 🗑
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| Nirvana | show 🗑
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| Dharma | show 🗑
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| Varna | show 🗑
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| show | The sums of lives good and bad deeds. This will determine your next life in Hinduism. Used in Buddhism and Sikhism as sum of good.
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| Indus River Valley | show 🗑
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| show | River that paralleled the Indus were the Indian city of Harappa was located. The river disappeared.
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| Brahmaputra River | show 🗑
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| Guru Nanak | show 🗑
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| Guru Granth Sahib | show 🗑
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| show | Baptized Sikhs wear the symbols of Sikhism.
Kiran; sword/knife, Kaccha; cotton shorts, Kesh: uncut hair, Kangha: wooden comb, Kara: silver bangle
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| show | Most common name used for Sikh god.
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| Gurdwara | show 🗑
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| Golden Temple | show 🗑
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| Khanda | show 🗑
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| show | Ultimate universal spirit on Hinduism.
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| Brahmin, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas , Sudras | show 🗑
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