Indian Culture Flashcards
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| 362810962 | Hinduism | The major Indian religious system, which had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryans who settled India after 1500 B.C. | 0 | |
| 362810963 | Brahmin | The highest of the four classes of the caste system, traditionally made up of priests | 1 | |
| 362810964 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 2 | |
| 362810965 | Karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life | 3 | |
| 362810966 | Hindu Kush | The mountain range North West of the Indian Peninsula | 4 | |
| 362810967 | Vishnu | A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world | 5 | |
| 362810968 | Samsara | In Hinduism (and Buddhism), the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth | 6 | |
| 362810969 | Brahma | A Hindu god considered the creator of the world. | 7 | |
| 362810970 | The Ramayana | The Hindu epic poem about Prince Rama, defender of good | 8 | |
| 362810971 | Kshatriya | A member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste | 9 | |
| 362810972 | Caste | (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus | 10 | |
| 362810973 | Shudra | The lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status | 11 | |
| 362810974 | The Ganges River | For Hindus, India's most sacred river | 12 | |
| 362810975 | Mohenjo-Daro | Ancient city on the Indus River | 13 | |
| 362810976 | Vaishya | Third of the four varnas of India's caste system which are made up of merchants and farmers | 14 | |
| 362810977 | Shiva | The Destroyer | 15 | |
| 362810978 | Varna | In Hinduism, the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) | 16 | |
| 362810979 | The Indus River | The first Indian civilization was developed here and the Indus River flows southwest across a drier plain | 17 | |
| 362810980 | Himalayan Mountains | The highest mountain range in the world, separates India from China | 18 | |
| 362810981 | Dharma | In Hinduism, the duties and obligations of each caste | 19 |