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| 9466515237 | Subcontinent | A large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent |  | 0 |
| 9466521466 | Himalaya | the highest mountains in the world |  | 1 |
| 9466524887 | Ganges River | A river of South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. |  | 2 |
| 9466553899 | Indus River | A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. |  | 3 |
| 9466556927 | Monsoons | seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons |  | 4 |
| 9466559666 | Harappa | ancient city from the Indus River Valley. a large ancient city of the Indus civilization, created in present-day Pakistan |  | 5 |
| 9466567291 | Mohenjo-Daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system. ancient city of the Indus civilization, located in present-day Pakistan | | 6 |
| 9466572931 | Aryans | immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC |  | 7 |
| 9466575184 | Sanskrit | written language developed by the Aryans |  | 8 |
| 9466577978 | Raja | An Indian prince |  | 9 |
| 9466583007 | Brahmins | The priest varna of the caste system. |  | 10 |
| 9466585223 | Varna | each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra. |  | 11 |
| 9466891974 | Guru | Teacher |  | 12 |
| 9466898064 | Suttee | Required the wife to throw herself on her dead husband's flaming funeral pyre. |  | 13 |
| 9466942216 | Kshatriyas | The warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system. |  | 14 |
| 9466944755 | Vaisyas | Caste of the common people (merchants, artisans, and farmers) |  | 15 |
| 9466949224 | Sudras | unskilled laborers, servants |  | 16 |
| 9466956982 | Pariahs | slaves/outcasts; perform tasks that are considered unclean |  | 17 |
| 9466967313 | Hinduism | A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation |  | 18 |
| 9466972856 | Brahman | the universal spirit worshiped by Hindus |  | 19 |
| 9466978170 | Upanishads | ancient texts that describe the search for Brahman |  | 20 |
| 9466987221 | Reincarnation | Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are reborn into new bodies over and over. |  | 21 |
| 9467035386 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties |  | 22 |
| 9467038170 | Karma | The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life. |  | 23 |
| 9467053586 | Buddhism | a religion founded in ancient India by the religious teacher Buddha |  | 24 |
| 9467057068 | Siddhartha Gautama | Founder of Buddhism |  | 25 |
| 9467059098 | Nepal | A small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China. This is where Siddhartha Gautama was born |  | 26 |
| 9467069815 | Nirvana | the lasting peace that Buddhists seek by giving up selfish desires |  | 27 |
| 9467082394 | Four Noble Truths | as taught by the Buddha, the four basic beliefs that form the foundation of Buddhism |  | 28 |
| 9467086788 | Eight Fold Path | Eight steps to end suffering and attain enlightenment according to Buddhist tradition. |  | 29 |
| 9467099898 | Theravada | Sect of Buddhism focusing on strict spiritual discipline | 30 | |
| 9467104576 | Mahayana | Chinese version of Buddhism; placed considerable emphasis on Buddha as god or savior |  | 31 |
| 9467111010 | Tibet | Himalayan region of China with distinct language and culture |  | 32 |
| 9467116656 | Theocracy | A government controlled by religious leaders |  | 33 |
| 9467120264 | Dalai Lama | Buddhist leader of Tibet |  | 34 |
| 9467152233 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the first Indian empire |  | 35 |
| 9467160742 | Dynasty | A series of rulers from the same family | 36 | |
| 9467165748 | Asoka | Grandson of Chandragupta; leader who brought the Mauryan Empire to its greatest height |  | 37 |
| 9467169607 | Stupas | Buddhist shrines |  | 38 |
| 9467174068 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; art, literature, and trade were important; mathematical inventions |  | 39 |
| 9467180170 | Pilgrims | a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons. | 40 | |
| 9467221382 | Mahabharata | a great Indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the Aryans as they moved south into India |  | 41 |
| 9467227912 | Ramayana | A Hindu epic written in Sanskrit that describes the adventures of the king Rama and his queen |  | 42 |
| 9467239735 | Bhagavad Gita | "Song of the Lord" - in this the deity Krishna preaches about how noble it is to do your duty even when it is difficult or painful. |  | 43 |
| 9467256397 | Kalidasa | One of India's greatest writers |  | 44 |
| 9467273528 | Pataliputra | The capital of both Mauryan and Gupta empires |  | 45 |
| 9565070246 | Caste | Social group that a person is born into and cannot change | | 46 |
