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| 210427260 | Monsoon | rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | 1 | |
| 210427261 | 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 | 2 | |
| 210427262 | Varna | a basic subdivision of humanity in the Hindu caste system | 3 | |
| 210427263 | Karma | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation | 4 | |
| 210427264 | Moksha | The Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. (179) | 5 | |
| 210427265 | Buddha | one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment and the creator of Buddhism | 6 | |
| 210427266 | 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 | 7 | |
| 210427267 | Ashoka | Third ruler of the Mauryan Empire in India (r. 270-232 B.C.E.). He converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars, the earliest surviving Indian writing. (p. 184) | 8 | |
| 210427268 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 9 | |
| 210427269 | Theater-state | state that acquires prestige and power by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies (as well as redistributing valuable resources) to attract and bind subjects to the center. (186) | 10 |
