India Terms list
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- Vardhamana Mahavira
- the principle founder of the religion Janism
- Nirvana
- Nirvana is the ultimate goal in Buddism
- Indus River Valley Civilization
- Civilization lasted from 3500 bc. to 2500 bc.
- Asceticism
- ascetic life releases the soul to the body to create union
- Upanishads
- A sacred writting in Hinduism, that relates to god, world and the universe
- Karma
- actins that affect the next life after reincarnation
- Bhagavad-Gita
- life lesson that teach the people who read it
- Aurangzeb
- a monotheistic relgion
- Hinduism
- One of the main religions in the world, believed the ultimate goal was Moksha
- Siddhartha Gautama
- Founder of Buddism, born into a favorable life then went on a journey. On the journey saw suffrige and went to the middle way
- Dharma
- religious and moral duties
- Ahimsa
- non-violence
- Akbar
- Greatest of Mugnal empirers
- Aryan-Migration
- A large group of speakers who migrated from Europe to Asia
- Brahman
- priests
- Shah Jahan
- Fifth empire of Mognal, best known as the maker or designer of the Taj Mahal
- Mahabharata
- A HUGE poem, about warfare and relgion
- Harrapa
- One of the largest city's in Indo civilization. Present in everyday pakistan
- Samsara
- endless cycle of birth, death and then rebirth
- Moksha
- the ultimate goal of Hinduism
- Varnas/jatis (caste system)
- A system where their are ranks in society. One can not choos, you are just born into one of the ranks
- Vedic Age
- The time in history when the Vedic texts were made
- Chandragupta
- Made the first Indian empire
- Four Noble Truths and The Noble Eightfold Path
- All life is full of suffering, pain, and sorrow, the cause of suffering is non virtue, the only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirture, The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the Eightfold Path. Eight-fold path is right views, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right contemplation, right thought, right aspirations, and right effort
- Ashoka
- Grandson of Chandragupta, great ruler of the empirer
- Atman
- a persons self
- Mohenjo-Daro
- Another large city in Indo civilization, present in north pakistan
- Ramayana
- a short epic, concerning behavior
- Vedas
- A collection of hyms and rituals