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| Question | Answer |
| Himalaya Mtns. | the highest mountains in the world. |
| Monsoon | A seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia. |
| Harappa | Two of the ruins about 400 miles apart, were sites of the cities. |
| Aryans | A group known as the Aryans, who moved south across the Hindu Kush mountain range into the plains of northern India. |
| Sansprit | An Indo-European language. |
| Varnas | The Aryans believed that society was divided into four varnas, or social group that ranked people from high to low. |
| Caste System | Over the centuries, a rigid social structure evolved that drew on Aryan ideas the caste system. |
| Hinduism | had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryan peoples who settled in India. |
| yoga | Hindus developed the practice of yoga, a method of training designed to lead such a union. |
| reincarnation | had appeared in Hinduism. |
| Karma | Important in the process is the idea of karma, the force generated by a person's actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life. |
| Dharma | The concept of karma is ruled by the dharma, or the divine law. |
| Buddhism | In the sixth century B.C., a new doctrine, called Buddhism, appeared in northern India and soon became a rival of Hinduism |
| Siddhartha Gautama | The founder of Buddhism was Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, or "Enlighted One |
| Nirvana | Achieving wisdom is a key step to achieving nirvana, or ultimate reality the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul |
| Asoka | The Mauryan Empire flourished during the reign the reign of Asoka, the grandson of Candragupta Maurya. |
| 4 noble truths | comprise the essence of Buddha's teachings, though they leave much left unexplained. |
| Eight fold path- is the principle of teachings. |
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