AP world history chapter 3 terms Flashcards
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| 80521871 | untouchables | LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult | 0 | |
| 80521872 | ramayana | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne | 1 | |
| 80521873 | arthashastra | India's political how-to guide, Mauryan empire | 2 | |
| 80521874 | gurus | brahmans who were teachers for the princes of the imperial court of the guptas | 3 | |
| 80521875 | dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties | 4 | |
| 80521876 | upanishads | philosophical texts sacred to the hindu religion. | 5 | |
| 80521877 | mandala | A religious symbol associated with meditation, usually created with geometric patterns and shapes | 6 | |
| 80521878 | kamasutra | (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law | 7 | |
| 80521879 | karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 8 | |
| 80521880 | mahabharata | a great indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the aryans as they moved south into india | 9 | |
| 80521881 | stupas | religious buildings that originally housed Buddha relics. Stupas developed into familiar Buddhist architecture | 10 | |
| 80521882 | mauryas | The first great indian empire. | 11 | |
| 80521883 | kushanas | dynasty that succeeded the Mauryas; | 12 | |
| 80521884 | tamil | the name of a language and people group in southern india | 13 | |
| 80521885 | reincarnation | belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death | 14 | |
| 80521886 | nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness | 15 | |
| 80521887 | guptas | A dynasty that united the indian states after the Mauryan empire. | 16 | |
| 80521888 | sanskrit | the most important language of ancient India | 17 | |
| 80521889 | skanda gupta | Last of the able rulers of the Gupta dynasty; following his reign the empire dissolved under the pressure of nomadic invasions | 18 | |
| 80521890 | buddha | founder of Buddhism | 19 | |
| 80521891 | chandragupta maurya | king, founder of the Mauryan Empire | 20 | |
| 80521892 | ashoka | grandson of Chandragupta Maurya; completed conquests of Indian subcontinent; converted to Buddhism and sponsored spread of new religion throughout his empire | 21 | |
| 80521893 | kautilya | political advisor to Chandragupta Maurya; believed in scientific application of warfare | 22 | |
| 80521894 | himalayas | The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India, separating it from the rest of Asia. | 23 | |
| 80521895 | vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 24 | |
| 80521896 | varnas | The social divisions of the Aryan Society that included from top to bottom: 1)priests (Brahmins), 2) rulers or warriors; 3) farmers, craftspeople, traders; 4) workers and servants (Sudras) | 25 | |
| 80521897 | jati | (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India | 26 | |
| 80521898 | indra | chief god of the Rig-Veda | 27 | |
| 80521899 | brahma | A Hindu god considered the creator of the world. | 28 | |
| 80521900 | yoga | a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind | 29 |