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| 294820196 | Formative period | Vedic or epic ages | 0 | |
| 294820197 | Sanskrit | First language of Aryans | 1 | |
| 294820198 | Aryans | Indo-European nomads | 2 | |
| 294820199 | Vedas | Sacred text of Ayrans, Mahabharata and Upanishads | 3 | |
| 294820200 | Mahabharata | India's greatest epic open, reflects a utopian society | 4 | |
| 294820201 | Upanishads | Epic poems of religion and mysticism | 5 | |
| 294820202 | Raja | local village chief | 6 | |
| 294820203 | Caste system | Strict social hierarchy consisting of the varnas | 7 | |
| 294820204 | Varnas (classes in order) | Brahmins (priests) Kshatryas (warriors) Vaisyas (middle class) Sudras (common laborers) Dalits (untouchables) | 8 | |
| 294820205 | Moksha | Hindu version of heaven | 9 | |
| 294820206 | Chandragupta Maurya | First leader of Mauryan dynasty, creates bureaucratic government | 10 | |
| 294820207 | Ashoka Maurya | Grandson of Chandragupta, conquered India up to southern tip | 11 | |
| 294820208 | Karma | Action, deed, worldly pleasures | 12 | |
| 294820209 | Dharma | Obligations of life and caste | 13 | |
| 294820210 | Hinduism | encourages mysticism, tolerant of other religions, moved from a worldly to spiritual religion | 14 | |
| 294820211 | Guru | mystic leader in Hinduism | 15 | |
| 294820212 | Brahman | divine principle in everything worldly | 16 | |
| 294820213 | Buddhism | Founded by Siddhartha Guantama (buddha) accepts part of Hinduism, egalitarian | 17 | |
| 294820214 | Nirvana | world beyond existence and void of suffering | 18 | |
| 294820215 | Sati/Sutee | widow had to jump onto husband's cremation fire, showed a patriarchal society | 19 | |
| 294820216 | Indian influences | Spread to Indian Ocean, China, Middle East, Africa, East Indies | 20 | |
| 294820217 | Artha | Economic goals | 21 |
