india Flashcards
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varnas
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caste groups→ brahmans, warriors, merchants, peasnats, untouchables
2
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Mahabharata and ramayana
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indian epics orally passed on
3
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maurya dynasty
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1st indian dynasty → following invasion of alexander the great
4
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chadragupta maurya
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founded mauyra dynasty and 1st centralized gov since the harrappans
5
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ashoka
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- chadraguptas grandson
- shikaga shogunate
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gupta dynasty
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less centralized then mauryas
7
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gurus
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- brahmans
- teachers
- of the guptinian princes
8
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Sanskrit
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classical indian languege
9
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skanda gupta
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last ruler of the guptas
-guptas demised under nomadic invasion
10
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shiva
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- hindu
- god of detruction and reproduction
11
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vishnu
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hindu
-god of sacrifice
12
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kali
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wife of shiva
-evil mother goddess
13
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lakshmi
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vishnus wife
-goddess of fortune
