Ancient India a Flashcards
India
Google creative review subcontinent part of Asia but its own country
How many people live in India
1 billion people live in India (2nd most populated country in the world) worlds largest democracy
Indus River
Cradle of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization
Mohenjo daro
City-state on the Indus River First City built on a grid also first city to have a sewage system
Yoga
A set of practices to connect the humans to the Divine invented in the Indus Valley Civilization
Vedas
Sacred text of ancient India sources of wisdom on the gods mass and science written in the language Sanskrit
Sanskrit
Indio European languages
Pandit
Scholar of The Vedas
Hinduism
The religion of The Vedas
What is the Hindu god called
Brahman
How does Brahman present himself?
Brahman sends avatars of himself to educate Humanity
Why is Hinduism a monotheistic religion?
Hindus believe in reincarnation
Samsara
The cycle of being born again
What are the three avatars?
Hanuman; monkey
Ganesh; the elephant good
Kishna; blue warrior
Who is Siddartha Gautama
Buddah