Ancient India
Geography
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The Himalayan Mountains
are the mountains that block India from other other cities. The Himalayan Mountains is the location of the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest.
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The Indus valley built there land and homes around the Indus river.
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A subcontinent is a large part of a continent. That is why its not called a continent.
Culture
Mohenjo-daro is one of the largest cities in the Indus Valley civilization. It was made in 3,000 BC.
Beliefs
Dharma is when someone is teaching someone the belief of Hinduism.
Social structures/classes
Caste/caste system is the system that the Indians had and the people would be separated in hundreds of different groups where they could either be royalty or the unnoticed.
Aryans/culture
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Polyisum is where you believe in more than one god.
Visayans is one of the categories in the caste systems. It is the where you are aren't at the very top of the caste system but aren't at the bottom either. You are considered a merchant or a farmer.
Sundas is another category in the caste system. It is where you are at the lowest of the caste system but your aren't considered an untouchable.
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Kshatriya is a category in the caste system. It is where you aren't at the top of the caste system but you're not at the very bottom either. Your are still important but you are treated like you are military.
Brahmans are one of the cat orgies of the system and means that you are the top and you are close to royalty.
Untouchables are the people that are the bottom of the caste system and as they are called the people wouldn't even look at them or touch them. That's because they are at the bottom of the caste system.
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Sanskrit is a language that the Aryans used when they settled in the Indus Valley.
Aryans are the people the nomads that moved into the Indus Valley.
Veda is the ancient Indian sculptures that had the Indian language.
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Nomads are people that don't settle in one place but settle then move then settle again.
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Rangoli is the art that the Indians used to make. It kinda looks like a mandala.
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Hinduism is the religion that the Indians would pray on and believe in.
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The Indus River is an Asian river that flows through the northern and southern part of India.
A Monsoon is when in certain months there is some weather. In the months May and September there is a a bunch of rain and that is called the wet monsoon. In the months of October and April it is very dry and that's called the dry monsoon.
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Harappa is a village in the Indus Valley civilization which is now Pakistan.
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Moksha is the belief of when you die you would then be a part of a cycle. Like you would be reborn as an animal or an insect.
Samara/Reincarnation is the belief of when you die you would come back to life as like an animal or like an insect.
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Karma is if you do something good then something good will happen to you in return but if you do something bad then something bad would happen to you.
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The Buddha is a real person but some people praise to him as a guy with a big belly and if you pet the belly then you'd get good luck.
Buddhism is a religion that started in the eastern part of Asia and is the belief of life is suffering and that you can escape it from doing the eight fold path.
Enlightenment is the state when you start to feel a sense of enlightenment.
Nirvana is when you have done your re-birthing and reincarnating and have meet the final goal of Buddhism.
Parinirvana is when the people that praise the Buddha have reached nirvana during their lifetime.
Middle Way is the eight fold path and is between indulgence and asceticism.
Meditation is something that Buddhist practice to relax and to possibly reach enlightenment.
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Siddhartha Gautama is a person who is the origanal Buddha but isn't the Buddha with the big belly.
The Four Noble Truths is something that you have to follow to reach enlightenment. The four rules that you have to follow/master is that one you have to know that life is suffering, two the origin of suffering, three cessation of suffering, and finally you have to follow the eight fold path.
A Monk is a person (usually a man) that lives under rules and vows and is in a religious community.
Emperor Ashoka is an emperor who ruled almost the whole subcontinent of India from the date 268 to 232 BCE.
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The eight fold path is something that will get to nirvana if you lern how to follow and live the eight ways. The eight elements are right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and finally concentration.
Mudras are the hand motions that Indians use in dance, ceremonies and they sometimes put them on statues of gods.
The Silk Road is a road that Indians and other people would trade on and linked the regions. It was used through the years 130 BCE and 1453 BCE.
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The Ganges River is the river that is in front of the Himalayan mountains and the Indians that lived there would also call the river the "holy river". The Ganges River is 1,560 miles which is 2,510 km.