Ap world india Flashcards

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