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| 204827928 | Pakistan | modern day location of Indus River Valley | 0 | |
| 204827929 | Cotton | Main item traded in India | 1 | |
| 204827930 | Mohenjo Daro | City of Dead | 2 | |
| 204827931 | Harappa | Biggest Indian city; 80,000 ppl. | 3 | |
| 204827932 | Dravidians | Indigenous people who lived on Deccan Plateau - darker skinned | 4 | |
| 204827933 | Vedic Age | Started after fall of Harappa | 5 | |
| 204827934 | Vedic Age | In this period, people were Indo-European; crossed Hindu-Kush Mountains to migrate; were Aryans | 6 | |
| 204827935 | Rajas | tribal kings | 7 | |
| 204827936 | Maharajas | Greater tribal kings | 8 | |
| 204827937 | Sanskrit | language that evolves in Vedic Age | 9 | |
| 204827938 | Vedas | Stories written in Sanskirt (Hindu....) | 10 | |
| 204827939 | Rig Veda | Moat important Veda | 11 | |
| 204827940 | Mahabharata | world's longest poem (in Rig Veda) - 90,000 stanzas | 12 | |
| 204827941 | Dharma | lays out ethical guidelines in Vedas | 13 | |
| 204827942 | Karma | built up from one's own personal actions by following or breaking Dharma | 14 | |
| 204827943 | Upanishads | Commentary of Veda - were read instead of actual Veda | 15 | |
| 204827944 | Varna | Hindu social hierarchy - develops from Vedas | 16 | |
| 204827945 | Brahmins | Highest Hindu caste - made sacrifices | 17 | |
| 204827946 | Kshatriyas | Second highest Hindu caste - warriors | 18 | |
| 204827947 | Vaishyas | Hindu middle class; merchants, artisans | 19 | |
| 204827948 | Shudras | Hindu peasants, agricultural laborers | 20 | |
| 204827949 | Untouchables | Lowest Hindu caste - so low they weren't in hierarchy | 21 | |
| 204827950 | Harijan | Hindu name for Untouchables | 22 | |
| 204827951 | Reincarnation | Hindus believed this happened and was based on following Dharma and creating good Karma | 23 | |
| 204827952 | Jati | Collections of many families within castes; several of these existed in each caste | 24 | |
| 204827953 | 3 jobs | How many jobs are available to Untouchables? | 25 | |
| 204827954 | Sati | When Hindu women immolate themselves at funeral of her husband (patriarchal society) | 26 | |
| 204827955 | Mauryan Dynasty | First Dynasty | 27 | |
| 204827956 | Chandragupta | First ruler and founder of Mauryan Dynasty | 28 | |
| 204827957 | Chandragupta | defeated Alexander the Great and enetered power vacuum after his death | 29 | |
| 204827958 | Chandragupta | feared assassination | 30 | |
| 204827959 | Chandragupta | Divided Mauryan Dynasty into provinces | 31 | |
| 204827960 | Chandragupta | Unified Northern India and defeated Persian general Seleucus | 32 | |
| 204827961 | ahisma | ethics of nonviolence to any living thing | 33 | |
| 204827962 | ascetic | practices extreme self descipline | 34 | |
| 204827963 | Jain | religion taken by Chandragupta after abdication; believe EVERYTHING has soul | 35 | |
| 204827964 | Kautilya | Chandragupta's advisor (of Brahmin caste) | 36 | |
| 204827965 | Arthashastra | Treatise on Material Gain - about gaining/ keeping political power | 37 | |
| 204827966 | Kautilya | Wrote Arthashastra | 38 | |
| 204827967 | Asoka | Chandragupta's grandson - followed Arthashastra's policies | 39 | |
| 204827968 | Kalingra | Wealthy, religious area which Asoka wanted to gain | 40 | |
| 204827969 | Battle of Kalingra | Important battle with hundreds of thousands of casualties, which made Asoka have revelation and become Buddhist | 41 | |
| 204827970 | Lower | To which castes was Buddhism appealing? | 42 | |
| 204827971 | Stupas | Structures which all contained a physical part of the Buddha! | 43 | |
| 204827972 | 4 Lions | modern day symbol of India's republic | 44 | |
| 204827973 | Sanchi | Where is the most famous Stupa located? | 45 | |
| 204827974 | Lotus | Symbol for Buddhism | 46 | |
| 204827975 | Mauryans | Came up with numbering system (similar to Arabic numerals) | 47 | |
| 204827976 | Kushan | northern region in India which facilitates trade between the Romans and Han China | 48 | |
| 204827977 | Buddhism | Religion based on finding middle path and avoiding extremes | 49 | |
| 204827978 | 3 | How many jewels of Buddhism were there? | 50 | |
| 204827979 | Buddha | Jewel of Buddhism - the teacher | 51 | |
| 204827980 | Dharma | Jewel of Buddhism - ethical teachings | 52 | |
| 204827981 | Sangha | Jewel of Buddhism - Community | 53 | |
| 204827982 | Reincarnation | What do Buddhistst and Hindus both beieve in? | 54 | |
| 204827983 | Siddhartha Gautama | Was shocked by suffering of the world after being only exposed to palacial life | 55 | |
| 204827984 | Enlightened One | Buddha - Siddhartha after reaching Nirvana | 56 | |
| 204827985 | Desire | Why do people suffer? | 57 | |
| 204827986 | 4 noble truths | explain how/ why people suffer, how to reach nirvana (in Buddhism) | 58 | |
| 204827987 | 1st noble truth | to live is to suffer (suffering exists) | 59 | |
| 204827988 | 2nd noble truth | cause of suffering = self-centered desire | 60 | |
| 204827989 | 3rd noble truth | solution of suffering = eliminate desire and attachments | 61 | |
| 204827990 | 4th noble truth | To reach Nirvana, one must follow 8-fold path | 62 | |
| 204827991 | mandala | intricate wheel of life made from sand by Buddhists - then thrown into sea to eliminate desire | 63 | |
| 204827992 | Therevada | First type of Buddhism | 64 | |
| 204827993 | Therevada Buddhism | Called "lesser vehicle" - harder to reach nirvana | 65 | |
| 204827994 | Mahayana Buddhism | Called "greater vehicle" - practiced by many more, easier to reach nirvana | 66 | |
| 204827995 | bodhisattva | Buddhist teachers who are reincarnated after reaching nirvana in order to help others achieve it | 67 | |
| 204827996 | Tibetan Buddhism | blend of Theraveda/ Mahayana - has Lamas | 68 | |
| 204827997 | Zen Buddhism | Practiced in Japan - sand/ rock gardens | 69 | |
| 204827998 | Mahayana | Fat Buddha | 70 | |
| 204827999 | Therevada | Skinny Buddha | 71 |
