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362810962HinduismThe major Indian religious system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settled India after 1500 B.C.0
362810963BrahminThe highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests1
362810964VedasAncient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.2
362810965KarmaIn Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life3
362810966Hindu KushThe mountain range North West of the Indian Peninsula4
362810967VishnuA Hindu god considered the preserver of the world5
362810968SamsaraIn Hinduism (and Buddhism), the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth6
362810969BrahmaA Hindu god considered the creator of the world.7
362810970The RamayanaThe Hindu epic poem about Prince Rama, defender of good8
362810971KshatriyaA member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste9
362810972Caste(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus10
362810973ShudraThe lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status11
362810974The Ganges RiverFor Hindus, India's most sacred river12
362810975Mohenjo-DaroAncient city on the Indus River13
362810976VaishyaThird of the four varnas of India's caste system which are made up of merchants and farmers14
362810977ShivaThe Destroyer15
362810978VarnaIn Hinduism, the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)16
362810979The Indus RiverThe first Indian civilization was developed here and the Indus River flows southwest across a drier plain17
362810980Himalayan MountainsThe highest mountain range in the world, separates India from China18
362810981DharmaIn Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste19
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