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Geography

Indus River #

Harappa

Mohenjo-daro

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This society was built along this river.

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Monsoons are crazy rainstorms that happens seasonally in India. They can cause violent flooding during June and July.

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The Himalayas form a mountain area in Asia separating the plains of the Indian landmass from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan area has the Earth's highest peak, which is Mount Everest.

Himalayan Mountains

Aryans

Social Structure

Religon

Sanskrit

Vedas

Hinduism

Caste

Brahmins

Kshatriyas

Vaisyas

Sudras

Untouchables

Rangoli

The 5 hereditary classes which shows your social status.

The top class in the caste system. The people in it are priests, agriculturalists, warriors, and traders.

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Buddhism

Siddhartha Gautama #

Enlightenment

The Buddha

Polytheism

Dharma

Karma

Moksha

Samsara

Nirvana #

Parinirvana

The Four Noble Truths

The Eightfold Path

Middle Way

Meditation

Monk

Emperor Ashoka

Mudras

The Silk Road

A member of a religious group of men living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

The stage of obtaining greater knowledge.

Symbolic hand gesture in Hindu and Buddhist ceremonies.

The first Buddha who started Buddhism.

What the Buddha described the Noble Eight-fold path as

An Ancient trading route which was used for centuries.

An Indian emperor of Maurya Dynasty.

The practice of focusing one's mind for a period of time and a method for relaxing.

The essence of Buddha's teachings. The truth of suffering, the truth of the cause of suffering, the truth of the end of suffering, and the path that leads to the end of suffering.

An early summary of the path of Buddhist practices leading to liberation from samsara, the painful cycle of rebirth.

Nirvana-after-death, which happens upon the death of the body of someone who has attained nirvana during their lifetime.

The cycle of death and rebirth

A person's actions that decide their fate in the future