Ancient India
Monsoons
floods
heavy rain
sanskrit
Reincarnation
writing
prakrit
rejuvenation
renaissance
metempsychosis
Brahmans
noble
patrician
aristocrat
Vedas
Caste System
karma
Moksha
nirvana
class
order
mantras, hymns, and prayers
Sanskrit hymns
destiny
actions that influences the future
fate
kismet
destruction
circumstance
Subcontinent
main
mainland
landmass
Dharma
principle
bhakti
enlightenment
bhakti yoga
what goes around comes around
Hindu bible and scriptures
the sacred language of hinduism
a member of the highest hindu class
Caste System divides hindus into different classes
an aspect of truth or reality
a new version of something from the past
A very strong and powerful storm
a large and distinguishable part of a continent
release from the cycle of karma and rebirth
this is just to connect these two branches, this text is just a placeholder
Hinduism
dharma
A major religion and cultural tradition
Vedic religion the precursor to hinduism
Nirvana
release from karma
the final goal of buddhism
the highest state achievable in India's religion's
a state of total peace
Buddhism
Karma
Dharma
Nirvana
major world religion
Ganges River
harappa
site of some amazing archaeological finds
bronze age
modern village
600 million people live along the ganges river
rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India
2,525 km long
the ganges ends in a delta
Himalayan Mountains
separates india from china
includes mount everest
22,838 ft tall
the tallest mountains in india
Indus Valley Civilization
in present day pakistan
Bronze Age civilisation
The Eightfold Path
Right thought
Right understanding
Right speech
The Four Noble Truths
the truth of the cause of suffering
the truth of the path that leads to the end of suffering
the truth of suffering
the truth of the end of suffering
buddha's teaching's
Siddhartha Gautama
philosopher, meditator, and a spiritual teacher
the name of the man who became the buddha
another word for the buddha