Chapter 6: India Vocabulary

3. one major river in northern India starting from the Himalaya.
8. strong seasonal winds. These winds bring a dry season in winter, and in summer a heavy rainfall.
10. Buddha believed the Eigthfold Path would led to ________, a state of bliss or the end of suffering caused by the cycle of rebirth.
11. Dimond-shaped landmass was originally an island
12. born in 563 BCE he was a prince who lived a life of luxury until he met a man who transformed his life. He became known as "Buddha" or "Enlightened One."
14. 269 BCE Chandragupta's grandson became king - at first he earned a reputation of cruelty.
18. the belief that the soul is eternal and is reborn in different bodies over different life cycles.
19. one major river in northern India starting from the Himalaya.
22. a series of exercises intended to help a person achieve spiritual insight.
23. another important city that gave the Harappan civilization its name.
24. a collection of tribes meaning "noble ones." They belonged to Indo-European people who had populated central Asia.
25. the world's third largest religion.
26. the totality of Buddha's teachings
27. first to practice _______, which stimulates mild forms of disease in people so that they do not develop more serious forms.
28. became king of Magadha around 325 BCE.
29. among the world's first achievements

1. Aryan religion
2. Hindu belief that people's actions and conduct create ________, which determines the kind of life into which they will be reborn.
4. long narrative poems. One is called Mahabharata.
5. a period of great cultural achievement.
6. another major religion of India based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama.
7. the Aryan hierarchy - hereditary and could never be changed.
9. four sacred texts that were probably composed between 1500 and 1200 BCE.
13. a great leader of India encouraged the Hindu and Buddhist principle of nonviolence.
15. one of the civilization's major cities that covered over 250 acres of land.
16. a traditional guide to medicine, diet, exercise, and disease, developed and remains an alternative form of healing.
17. the greatest poet in Chandra Gupta II's court and one of India's greatest writers. He wrote Ramayana.
20. a new unifying power arose. He began gaining new land and established the Gupta Empire.
21. the Aryan language