AP World History Ch. 3 vocab Flashcards
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| 133644743 | reincarnation | the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of hell) depending on the person's own actions | 0 | |
| 133644744 | nirvana | (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation | 1 | |
| 133644745 | Guptas | dynasty the succeeded the Kushans in the 3rd century CE; built empire that extended to all but the southern regions of Indian subcontinent; less centralized than Mauryan Empire; claimed divine rule; demanding system of taxation; established universities | 2 | |
| 133644746 | Sanskrit | (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism) | 3 |