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| 276438503 | monsoons | seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by differences in temperatures | 0 | |
| 276438504 | karma | in Indian tradition, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 1 | |
| 276438505 | Theravada Buddhism | "Way of the Elders"; branch of Buddhism followed in Sri Lanka; it downplays the importance of gods and the individual's search for enlightenment | 2 | |
| 276438506 | Mahabharata | a vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India; it includes the Bhagavad-Gita | 3 | |
| 276438507 | theater-state | state that acquires prestige and power by developing attractive cultural forms and staging elaborate public ceremonies to attract and bring subjects to the center | 4 | |
| 276438508 | Borobodur | a massive stone monument on the Indonesian island of Java, erected by the Sailendra kings; a Buddhist allegory for the progressive stages of enlightenment | 5 | |
| 276438509 | Vedas | early Indian sacred "knowledge" long preserved and communicated orally by Brahmin priests | 6 | |
| 276438510 | moksha | the Hindu concept of the spirit's "liberation" from the endless cycle of rebirths; the spirit can distance itself from desire for the things of this world and be merged with the divine force that animates this world | 7 | |
| 276438511 | Hinduism | the predominant religion of India | 8 | |
| 276438512 | Bhagavad-Gita | the most important work of Indian sacred literature; a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit | 9 | |
| 276438513 | Malay peoples | they originated in south China and Southeast Asia and settled on the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, and the Phillipines, then spread eastward across the islands of the Pacific and west to Madagascar | 10 | |
| 276438514 | Varna | the four social divisions of Indian civilization: the Brahmin priest class, the Kshatriya warrior/administrator class, the Vaishya merchant/farmer class, and the Shudra laborer class; consists of many jati | 11 | |
| 276438515 | jati | regional groups of people who have an occupational sphere, and who marry, eat, and generally interact with other members of their group | 12 | |
| 276438516 | Buddha | Siddharta Gautama; after becoming "enlightened" he enunciated the principles of Buddhism; this doctrine spread throughout India and to the Southeast, East, and Central Asia | 13 | |
| 276438517 | Mauryan Empire | the first state to unify most of the Indian subcontinent; founded by Chandragupta Maurya; it grew wealthy from taxes on agriculture, iron mining, and control of major trade routes | 14 | |
| 276438518 | Tamil kingdoms | the kingdoms of southern India, inhabited primarily by speakers of Dravidian languages; they produced epics, poetry, and performance arts; elements of its religious beliefs were merged into the Hindu synthesis | 15 | |
| 276438519 | Funan | the first major Southeast Asian center centered in the rice-growing region of southern Vietnam; it controlled the passage of trade across the Malaysian isthmus | 16 | |
| 276438520 | Mahayana Buddhism | "Great Vehicle" branch of Buddhism that focussed on reverence for Buddha and for bodhisattavas | 17 | |
| 276438521 | Ashoka | the third ruler of the Mauryan Empire; he converted to Buddhism and broadcast his precepts on inscribed stones and pillars | 18 | |
| 276438522 | Gupta kingdom | the powerful Indian state based on a capital at Pataliputra in the Ganges Valley; it controlled most of the Indian subcontinent through a combination of military force and its prestige as a center of sophisticated culture | 19 | |
| 276438523 | Srivijaya | based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra; amassed its wealth and power by a combination of selective adaptation of Indian technologies and concepts, control of the trade routes between India and China, and skillful showmanship and diplomacy in holding together a disparate realm of inland and coastal territories | 20 |
