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| 37609211 | 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 | 0 | |
| 37609212 | gupta | a dynasty of N India (a.d. 320-540) whose court was the center of classical Indian art and literature. annnnnd under which the arts flourished and a unified code of laws was promulgated. | 1 | |
| 37609213 | vedic age | A period in the history of India; It was a period of transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled village communities, with cattle the major form of wealth | 2 | |
| 37609214 | varna | (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | 3 | |
| 37609215 | jainism | religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism | 4 | |
| 37609216 | Vishnu | Vishnu is a Hindu god who, in the trinity of gods, is the Preserver | 5 | |
| 37609217 | mauryan | dynasty in India in 4th century BCE after invasion of Alexander the Great | 6 | |
| 37609218 | funan | An early complex society in Southeast Asia between the first and sixth centuries C.E. It was centered in the rich rice-growing region of southern Vietnam, and it controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus. (p. 191) | 7 | |
| 37609219 | srivijayan | was an ancient Malay kingdom on the island of Sumatra | 8 | |
| 37609220 | Borobodur | A massive stone monument on the Indonesian island of Java, erected by the Sailendra kings around 800 C.E. The winding ascent through ten levels, decorated with rich relief carving, is a Buddhist allegory for the progressive stages of enlightenment. (193) | 9 | |
| 37611915 | jati | (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India | 10 | |
| 37611916 | moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. (179) | 11 | |
| 37611917 | Mahayana Buddhism | one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone | 12 | |
| 37611918 | Theravada Buddhism | one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts | 13 | |
| 37611919 | Hinduism | a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme beingof many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a | 14 | |
| 37611920 | Ashoka | Mauryan Dynasty; after witnessing the results of a gruesome battle he pushes Buddhism on the people; establishes Rock Edicts with Buddhist sayings | 15 | |
| 37611921 | Mahabharata | (Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families | 16 | |
| 37611922 | Bhagavad-Gita | (Hinduism) the sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic) | 17 | |
| 37611923 | Tamil Kingdoms | The kingdoms of southern India, inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages, which developed in partial isolation, and somewhat differently, from the Aryan north. (185) | 18 | |
| 37611924 | Theater State | "A culture of ceremonial-ism acted as a magnet at the center, exerting a pull on the subject population, thus explaining political authority and the obedience of subjects without reference to bureaucracy or economics, or to violence and coercion" | 19 | |
| 37611925 | Malay peoples | A designation for peoples originating in south China and Southeast Asia who settled the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, and the Philippines, then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific Ocean and west to Madagascar. (p. 190) | 20 |
