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| 204634537 | Mohenjo- Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system, one of the first settlements in India. Had baths used for ceremonian reasons. | 0 | |
| 204634538 | Dravidians | Dark skinned people who lived south of the Undus River Valley. They got wiped out by Natural Disasters or Invasions. | 1 | |
| 204634539 | The Vedic Age | 1500-300 the period in which Arya is in control of Northern India. | 2 | |
| 204634540 | Aryan Migration | They were pastoral (dependent on their cattle). Warriors had horse drawn charriots. Sanskrit was developed and is still not decifered. | 3 | |
| 204634541 | Vedas | sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests | 4 | |
| 204634542 | Rigveda | The most important and longest Veda. | 5 | |
| 204634543 | Rajas and Maharajas | Tribal leaders for Aryans. They were the princes, Kings, and Greater Kings. They were the Hindu core of beliefs. | 6 | |
| 204634544 | Mahabharata | Worlds longest poem- 90,000 stanzas. It was part of the Rigveda and included the concept of Dharma, religious prayers, magical spells, and the concept of Karma. It revolved into Hinduism. | 7 | |
| 204634545 | Dharma | in Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste. It was the code of ethics. | 8 | |
| 204634546 | Karma | the force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. If you are good, you will follow dharma; if you are bad, you dont follow dharma. | 9 | |
| 204634547 | Hinduism | A body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being of many forms and natures. It had 33,000 dieties. Veda came first, where as all other religions, prophets do. It can be mono or poly. | 10 | |
| 204634548 | Upanishadas | commentaries on the Vedas | 11 | |
| 204634549 | Varna | The four major social divisions in India's caste system: the Brahmin priest class, the Kshatriya warrior/administrator class, the Vaishya merchant/farmer class, and the Shudra laborer class. There were also untouchables. Jatis made up each class. At first the classes were divided by skin color. | 12 | |
| 204634550 | Jati | Social mobility within the classes- groups containing hundreds of families. If someone breaks rules, the council of elders expels you and you become an untouchable. | 13 | |
| 204634551 | Untouchables | Expelled people. The three jobs they had were to collect trash, pick up dead bodies and tan leather. | 14 | |
| 204634552 | Sati | a ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced. This followed dharma and in return, she would get reincarnated. | 15 | |
| 204634553 | Mauryan Dynasty | dynasty established in India established after Alexander's invasion | 16 | |
| 204634554 | Chandragupta Maurya | He founded India's first empire. He was an Indian prince who conquered a large area in the Ganges River valley soon after Alexander invaded western India. He practiced Hinduismand divided his empire into provinces, then destrics for tax assessments (50%) and law enforcement. He unified northern India. He was paranoid about being assassined. He then became a Jain, became vegetarian then vegan then starved to death. | 17 | |
| 204634555 | Jainism | A religion founded in India in the 6th century BC, whose members believe in ahisma and that everything in the universe has a soul and therefore should not be harmed. | 18 | |
| 204634556 | Abdicate | Chandragupta gave up his positioin in government and gave it to his son. | 19 | |
| 204634557 | Ahisma | The practice of nonviolence to nonliving things. | 20 | |
| 204634558 | Ascetic | The practice of extreme self discipline for religious devotion. | 21 | |
| 204634559 | Kautilya | Chandraguptas advisor who wrote The Treatise of Material Gain of the Arthashastra about gaining political power. He said the ends justifies the means and was a guide for the King and his ministers. It supports royal power, states the evil in society is anarchy and that a single authority is needed to emplay force when necessary. He doesn't care about Karma. | 22 | |
| 204634560 | Asoka | He was Chandragupta's grandson. Religious conversion after the gruesom battle of Kalinga. Dedicated his life to Buddhism. He build extensive roads so people can travel the path of the Buddha. He had rough chambers, rest stops every 9 miles, and stupas. | 23 | |
| 204634561 | Kalinga | territory in eastern India conquered by Ashoka in 261 BCE; 150,000 abducted and 100,000 killed; drove Ashoka to become a Buddhist | 24 | |
| 204634562 | Stupa | shrine to house a piece of the Buddha. | 25 | |
| 204634563 | Charity, Honesty and Justice | Conflict of how to balance Kautilyas's methods of keeping power to Buddha's demands to become a selfless person. | 26 | |
| 204634564 | Law Code | Edicts were scattered in more than 30 places in India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Written mostly in Sanskrit, but one was in Greek and Armanian. | 27 | |
| 204634565 | Asoka's Lion Capitol | Carved from a piece of stone and is the modern day symbol of India's republic. The four lions represent strength and power. The lotus is a symbol of Buddhism. | 28 | |
| 204634566 | Scientific Contributions | Created the numeric system, figured out the rythm to the monsoons. Contacted Arrabs through trade and the Arrabs accepted the system. Europeans took it from the Arrabs during war. Earth is a sphere. Matter is divided into five elements: Earth, air, fire, water, and gas. | 29 | |
| 204634567 | Asoka Died | After Asoka died, there was turmoil and a power vacuum with Kushan. Hinduism takes over after Asoka and Buddhism travels east to China."The middle way of wisdon and compassion" | 30 | |
| 204634568 | Kushan | After Ashoka's death, the Mauryan Dynasty was replaced by that of the Kushan who was in the middle of 2 kingdoms. On the west it was the Roman Empire at their peak and the east was Han China. | 31 | |
| 204634569 | 3 Jewels of Buddhism | 1. Buddha himself 2. Buddha's Dharma (Teachings) 3. Sangha: Buddhist Community | 32 | |
| 204634570 | Siddhartha Gautama | The original Buddha. He was a high cast Hindu. His dad was a Maharaja who protected him from the world. He only saw good, no suffereing. His dad organized a parade for when he left his palace and sees a sick and old person. He abandoned his wife and child and became assetic. He meditated for 40 days and became a Buddha. | 33 | |
| 204634571 | Desire | The cause of all suffering. | 34 | |
| 204634572 | Four Noble Truths | 1. There is suffering in the world. To live is to suffer. 2. The cause of suffering is self-centered desire 3. The solution is to eliminate desire and attachements (Nervana= extinction) 4. To reach Nirvana, one must follow the Eightfold Path | 35 | |
| 204634573 | Mandala | "Sacred circle": Buddhist diagram of the cosmos; sand painting; represents the impermanence of life and is swept away after it is finished to keep people from not getting attached or obsessive. | 36 | |
| 204634574 | Therevada Buddhism | Originally in India. It was the "lesser vehicle". It was a philosophy not a religion- if everyone followed the eightfold path and 4 truths, they can reach nirvana through reincarnation. | 37 | |
| 204634575 | Mahayana Buddhism | Fat buddha created in northern Asia. "Greater vehicle". Buddha has become a dity because it has become easier to practice. They seeked help from the Bodhisattvas (wise beings) and then became teachers. People chose to be reincarnated. | 38 | |
| 204634576 | Tibetan Buddhism | A mixture of Theravada and Mahayana. The Bodhisattvas include Lamas, like the Dalai Lama. | 39 | |
| 204634577 | Zen Buddhism | Buddhism practiced in Japan | 40 | |
| 204634578 | Dogmatic | In terms of religion- truth, absolute thought | 41 | |
| 204634579 | Totalitarian | Government has control over all aspects of your life | 42 | |
| 204634580 | Assimilate | To start to conform to customs and attittudes as those around you | 43 | |
| 204634581 | Abolish | To end | 44 | |
| 204634582 | Despot | Pertains to a ruler who uses their powers appressively | 45 | |
| 204634583 | Egalitarian | Characterized by a beleif in equality- social, economic and political | 46 | |
| 204634584 | Altemi | Luster medals into gold | 47 | |
| 204634585 | Destitude | So poor that you have no food, clothing, or shelter | 48 | |
| 204634586 | Propoganda | Deliberate spreading of ideas (can be positive) | 49 | |
| 204634587 | 5 Major Religions (In order) | Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam | 50 |
