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| hunters and herders from central Asia; they settled to the Indus and eventually Ganges River Valley where they replaced the Harappan society. |
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| Vedic: preclassical. Epic Age: 1000-500 B.C.E. |
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| the language of India in the classical age. |
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| an Indian religion that involves worshiping many gods of nature and having good karma. |
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| a soldier who seized power around the Ganges; started Mauryan Dynasty. |
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| Chandragupta's grandson. gained control of most of what is India today. |
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| ruled by Chandragupta's family. Unified most of India. |
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| where people are put into different social groups with different ranks, jobs, and places in society. |
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| an Indian prince who rebelled against Hinduism. |
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| the belief that a person can reach nirvana. |
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| statues that honored Buddha. |
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| the belief that what a person does in one life will influence the next. |
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| the caste a person was born in; one's righteous duty. |
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| a story about King Rama and his wife, Sita. |
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| India's most epic poem written about war and love. |
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| books of the Vedas that were mystical; they were about religious authority in India. |
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| holy men that spoke with the "divine spirit" |
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| an ethnic group thing. they traded various goods to earn money. |
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| when someone has found enlightenment, where the troubles of the world does not affect the person anymore. |
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| Wiki: the cycle of death and rebirth or reincarnation and all of the suffering and limitation of worldly existence. |
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| when the soul passes from one place to another. |
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| when the animal or person dies, its soul is reborn into an animal or human, until it unites with the soul of Brahma (Hindu god of creation). |
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