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| 7357390229 | Code of Manu | a collection of social codes based on early Indian customs from about 1000BCE; reflection of the Hindu idea that meaning in life can be found in fulfillment of one's caste duties | 0 | |
| 7357390230 | Vedas | hymns and prayers to Gods, or lessons on the basis of universe | 1 | |
| 7357390231 | Brahma | the supreme, indefinable principle of life; ultimate reality in the universe | 2 | |
| 7357392562 | Dharma | the moral duties of a specific caste | 3 | |
| 7357392563 | Karma | the accumulation of good and bad deeds during life | 4 | |
| 7357394094 | Moksha | the liberation from the reincarnation cycle and unity with Brahma | 5 | |
| 7357394095 | Dowries | property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. | 6 | |
| 7357395951 | Shiva | Hindu God, the cosmic dancer wjp creates and destroys | 7 | |
| 7357395952 | Vishnu | the preserver of creation, in reaching the ideal state of Brahma, or god-force | 8 | |
| 7357396515 | Jainism | 1. the religion which believes in asceticism and that the only way for any soul to achieve the eternal oneness with Brahma was to rid itself of matter and rise to the top of universe as a soul 2. hierarchy, vegetarian and nonviolence | 9 | |
| 7369182522 | Mahavira | the most influential thinker of Jainism who broached the idea that the whole universe is composed of souls and matter | 10 | |
| 7369186055 | Gautama | also known as Buddha | 11 | |
| 7369186056 | Buddha | meaning "Enlightened One", the person who concluded the "Four Noble Truths" | 12 | |
| 7369187642 | 8 Fold Truth | at the heart of which is self-knowledge, a willingness to be free of suffering and desire, and a decision to adopt "right conduct" and "right speech"; symbolized by a chariot wheel w/ 8 spokes | 13 | |
| 7369187643 | Nirvana | a state of grace that can be reached after following the Eightfold Truth and releasing all desires | 14 | |
| 7369190160 | Four Noble Truths | 1. Life is Suffering 2. Suffering is caused by desire. 3. one can be released from desire by following the Eighth Path, after which 4. a state of grace when desire is extinguished (Nirvana), releasing one from Karma | 15 | |
| 7369194132 | Theravada | one sect of Buddhism-lower vehicle | 16 | |
| 7369194133 | Mahayana | one sect of Buddhism-larger vehicle; many ways to salvation | 17 | |
| 7369196709 | Bodhisattva | Mahayana Buddhism believes that Buddha in his previous lives have been a Bodhisattva - a wise being, who gives up Nirvana to help others | 18 | |
| 7369196710 | Changradupta | the ruler of a small state of village who defeats the Greek general and builds an empire | 19 | |
| 7369199408 | Kautilya | the adviser to Changradupta, Emperor of Mauryan | 20 | |
| 7369199409 | Arthashastra | written by Kautilya; advises emperors about how to amass power and use it by whatever means as long as the ruler pleases his subjects | 21 | |
| 7369204052 | Battle of Kalinga | the battle between Ashoka (Changradupta's grandson) and his brothers for the throne in the eastern Indian state of Kalinga | 22 | |
| 7369204053 | Stupas | domelike structures that contain the remains of saintly monks; built by Ashoka, who altered converted to Buddhism | 23 | |
| 7369205737 | Chandra Gupta I | the ruler who came to power and established the Gupta Empire in the Ganges region | 24 | |
| 7371206357 | Gupta (Empire) | the empire emerged in 320CE, founded by Chandra Gupta I | 25 | |
| 7371208412 | Fa-hsien | the Chinese Buddhist monk who came to India in search of Buddhist texts | 26 | |
| 7371210411 | Kalidasa | an Indian dramatist who wrote stories of romance and tranquility rather than the Greek-style tragedies | 27 | |
| 7371214703 | Nalanda | where an austere Buddhist monastery/university housing 5000 students is built | 28 | |
| 7371216100 | Arabic Numerals | Indian number system in 300BCE, consists of zeros and decimals | 29 | |
| 7371225773 | Caraka | a great Indian doctor like Hippocrates who teaches ethics for doctors | 30 | |
| 7423332821 | Frescoes | pictures painted on the stucco | 31 | |
| 7423336106 | Sati | widow's self-emulation at her husband's funeral | 32 | |
| 7423340919 | White Huns | the group of huns that ended the Gupta Empire in 500CE | 33 | |
| 7423351826 | Rajas | local princes, an Aryan legacy | 34 |
