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| LOCATION AND NAME OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN INDIAN CIVILIZATION (LOCATED IN PAKISTAN TODAY) |
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| INDUS RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION CITIES |
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| A MAJOR SUBDIVISION OF A CONTINENT; A LARGE LANDMASS |
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| HINDU PRIESTS; THE HIGHEST CASTE OR VARNA |
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| INDO-ARYANS' WRITTEN LANGUAGE |
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| TRIBES FROM NORTH OF THE BLACK & CASPIAN SEAS WHICH MIGRATED INTO INDIA AROUND 1750BC |
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| THE WORLD'S OLDEST RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURES; INDO-ARYANS RELIGIOUS LITERATURE |
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| ONE OF THREE MAIN HINDU GODS; THE CREATOR |
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| ONE OF THREE MAIN HINDU GODS; THE DESTROYER |
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| ONE OF THREE MAIN HINDU GODS; THE PRESERVER OR MAINTAINER |
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| IN INDIA, FROM JUNE-OCTOBER, WINDS COME FROM THE SOUTHWEST, BRINGING RAIN |
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| IN INDIA, NOVEMBER-MARCH, WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST, BRINGING HOT, DRY WEATHER |
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| ONE'S MORAL OBLIGATIONS OR DUTIES IN LIFE |
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| GOOD OR BAD FORCE CREATED BY YOUR THOUGHTS, WORDS AND DEEDS; BELIEF SHARED BY BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM |
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| ALSO CALLED VARNAS, THE FOUR MAIN GROUPS IN THE ARYAN SOCIAL SYSTEM ADOPTED BY THE HINDUS |
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| "OUTCASTS" PEOPLE WHO PERFORMED WORK CONSIDERED UNCLEAN |
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| THE NAME MEANS "THE ENLIGHTENED ONE" |
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| THE BUDDHA'S STEPS TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT; BE ABLE TO NAME AND DEFINE 2-3 EXAMPLES |
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| ALL LIFE IS FULL OF PAIN AND SUFFERING |
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| THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING IS DESIRE (FOR MATERIAL OR TEMPORARY THINGS) |
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| TO END SUFFERING, YOU MUST END DESIRE |
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| TO REACH NIRVANA, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE EIGHTFOLD PATH |
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| THE SOUL IS REBORN IN ANOTHER BODY, BELIEF SHARED BY BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM |
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| THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT |
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| STORY SOMETIMES USED TO EXPLAIN HINDUISM'S TEACHING THAT THE VARIOUS HINDU GODS REPRESENT ASPECTS OF BRAHMAN |
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| A STATE OF PERFECT SPIRITUAL PEACE, A STATE OF HAVING NO DESIRES AS TAUGHT IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM |
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| THE WARRIOR CLASS, SECOND RANK IN THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM |
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| THE MERCHANTS, LANDED FARMERS, CRAFTSMEN AND TRADERS, THE THIRD LEVEL OF THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM |
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| THE FOURTH LEVEL OF THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM; PEASANTS, LABORERS AND SERVANTS |
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| SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH LAND, WEATHER AND WATER |
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| BEST KNOWN PASS THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS INTO INDIA |
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