AP world history chapter 3 terms
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| untouchables |  LOWEST LEVEL OF INDIAN SOCIETY; not considered a real part of the caste system; often given degrading jobs; their life was extremely difficult |
| ramayana | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne |
| arthashastra | India's political how-to guide, Mauryan empire |
| gurus | brahmans who were teachers for the princes of the imperial court of the guptas |
| dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious and moral duties |
| upanishads | philosophical texts sacred to the hindu religion. |
| mandala | A religious symbol associated with meditation, usually created with geometric patterns and shapes |
| kamasutra | (Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law |
| karma | In Hindu belief, all the actions that affect a person's fate in the next life |
| mahabharata | a great indian epic poem, reflecting the struggles of the aryans as they moved south into india |
| stupas | religious buildings that originally housed Buddha relics. Stupas developed into familiar Buddhist architecture |
| mauryas | The first great indian empire. |
| kushanas | dynasty that succeeded the Mauryas; |
| tamil | the name of a language and people group in southern india |
| reincarnation | belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death |
| nirvana | a condition of great peace or happiness |
| guptas | A dynasty that united the indian states after the Mauryan empire. |
| sanskrit | the most important language of ancient India |
| skanda gupta | Last of the able rulers of the Gupta dynasty; following his reign the empire dissolved under the pressure of nomadic invasions |
| buddha | founder of Buddhism |
| chandragupta maurya | king, founder of the Mauryan Empire |
| ashoka | grandson of Chandragupta Maurya; completed conquests of Indian subcontinent; converted to Buddhism and sponsored spread of new religion throughout his empire |
| kautilya | political advisor to Chandragupta Maurya; believed in scientific application of warfare |
| himalayas | The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India, separating it from the rest of Asia. |
| vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. |
| varnas | The social divisions of the Aryan Society that included from top to bottom: 1)priests (Brahmins), 2) rulers or warriors; 3) farmers, craftspeople, traders; 4) workers and servants (Sudras) |
| jati | (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India |
| indra | chief god of the Rig-Veda |
| brahma | A Hindu god considered the creator of the world. |
| yoga | a system of exercises practiced as part of the Hindu discipline to promote control of the body and mind |
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