7757972148 | Buddha | Siddartha Gautama; creator of a major Indian and Asian religion; born in the 6th century B.C.E.; taught that enlightenment could be achieved only by abandoning desires for earthly things. | ![]() | 0 |
7757972149 | Alexander the Great | successor of Philip II; successfully conquered the Persian empire prior to his death in 323 B.C.E.; attempted to combine Greek and Persian cultures. | ![]() | 1 |
7757972150 | Himalayas | mountain region marking the northern border of the Indian subcontinent. | ![]() | 2 |
7757972151 | monsoons | seasonal winds crossing Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia; during summer bring rains. | ![]() | 3 |
7757972152 | Sanskrit | the classical and sacred Indian language. | ![]() | 4 |
7757972153 | Varnas | clusters of caste groups in Aryan society; four social castes—brahmans (priests), warriors, merchants, and peasants; beneath four Aryan castes was group of socially untouchable Dasas. | ![]() | 5 |
7757972154 | Indra | chief deity of the Aryans; depicted as a colossal, hard-drinking warrior. | ![]() | 6 |
7757972155 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the Mauryan dynasty, the first empire in the Indian subcontinent; first centralized government since Harappan civilization. | ![]() | 7 |
7757972156 | Maurya | dynasty established in Indian subcontinent in 4th century B.C.E. following the invasion of Alexander the Great. | ![]() | 8 |
7757972157 | Ashoka | grandson of Chandragupta Maurya; extended conquests of the dynasty; converted to Buddhism and sponsored its spread throughout his empire. dharma: the caste position and career determined by a person's birth; Hindu culture required that one accept one's social position and perform their occupation to the best of one's ability in order to have a better situation in the next life. | ![]() | 9 |
7757972158 | Kushans (Kush) | African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. | ![]() | 10 |
7757972159 | Guptas | dynasty that succeeded the Kushans in the 3rd century C.E., which included all but southern Indian regions; less centralized than Mauryan Empire. | ![]() | 11 |
7757972160 | Kautilya | political advisor to Chandragupta Maurya; wrote political treatise. | ![]() | 12 |
7757972161 | gurus | originally referred to as brahmans, who served as teachers for the princes of the imperial court of the Guptas. | ![]() | 13 |
7757972162 | Vishnu | the brahman, later Hindu, god of sacrifice; widely worshipped. | ![]() | 14 |
7757972163 | Shiva | Hindu god of destruction and reproduction; worshipped as the personification of cosmic forces of change. | ![]() | 15 |
7757972164 | reincarnation | the successive rebirth of the soul according to merits earned in previous lives. | ![]() | 16 |
7757972165 | nirvana | the Buddhist state of enlightenment; a state of tranquility. | ![]() | 17 |
7757972166 | Kamasutra | written by Vatsayana during Gupta era; offered instructions on all aspects of life for higher-caste males, including grooming, hygiene, etiquette, selection of wives, and lovemaking. | 18 | |
7757972167 | stupas | stone shrines built to house relics of the Buddha; preserved Buddhist architectural forms. | ![]() | 19 |
7757972168 | scholar-gentry | Chinese class created by the marital linkage of the local land-holding aristocracy with the office-holding shi; superseded shi as governors of China. | ![]() | 20 |
7757972169 | caste system | social structure in India; stratification characterized by no social mobility in the current lifetime | ![]() | 21 |
7757972170 | untouchables | dalits; a class at the bottom of the caste system in India; hey were the most impure people. | ![]() | 22 |
7757972171 | Hinduism | A religion native to India, featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation; developed from the Vedic religion | ![]() | 23 |
7757972172 | Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 24 | |
7757972173 | Buddhism | The cultural/religious tradition first taught by Siddhartha Gautama | ![]() | 25 |
7757972174 | jati | Smaller groups within the varnas, organized by occupation | ![]() | 26 |
7757972175 | yoga | a method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to lead to oneness with God | ![]() | 27 |
7757972176 | Bhagavad Gita | a section of the Indian epic "The Mahabharata" | ![]() | 28 |
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