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Aryans

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  • noble people

- from northwest

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dravidians

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-group of people agriculturally

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aaryan chief god

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Indra

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rajas

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chiefs

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5
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sanskrit

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formal language

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vedas

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hindu scriptures

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varna

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–means caste in sanskrit

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dasas

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light from dark skin

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4 main varnas

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  • brahmins
  • the ksshatriyas
  • vaishyas
  • shrudras
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Brahmins

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those whoseek wisdom

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ksshatriyas

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those who fight and rule

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vaishyas

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those who work

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shudras

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those who serve

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jati

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  • sub castes

- caste organized by professiion and heritidty

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15
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hinduism

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-caste system fit into religious beliefs
- -everyone has universal soul
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hindiusm: atman

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individual soul

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samsara

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This cycle of reincarnation that sees the soul of one who has died reborn in a new physical body

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Moksha

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release from that cycle of rebirth and reuinion with the brahman

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dharma

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obiendience

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karma

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ones deeds and and the proper fullfiillment of ones duties in their assigned caste

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artha

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prosperity

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kama

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buddhism

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  • reject caste system
  • and anyone can be enlightned and find nirvana
  • 4 noble truths
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4 noble truths

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  1. suffering is an inherit part of life
  2. suffering comes from desiring things
  3. suffering will end when desire is eleminated
  4. desire is eliminated by 8 fold path
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the eight fold path

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  • dharma of buddhism

- 8 principles to master body and mind

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boddhisateas

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were people who reached enlightenment but chose to stay in world to reach it

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mahayana buddism

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theravada buddism

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asceticism

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four noble truths

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1.

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suffering is an inherit part of life

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2.

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suffering come from desiring things

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3.

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suffering stops when desire is eliminated

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4.

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desire is eliminated by 8 fold path

34
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chandragupta maurya 322-298 BC

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  • Overthrew the king of magadha with kautilya
  • made one of largest india empires
  • indika somebody wrote about him as an ambassador
  • startved himself in ascetism
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kautilya 350-283

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-wrote arthashastra

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ashoka 268-232

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feltremore

built stupas

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rig veda

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  • oldest hindu texts

- collection of hymns

38
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mahabharata

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  • ealist and greatest epid poems like illad
  • bharata family and civil wars among family
  • diety leads one to victory
39
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bhagavad gita

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teaches weapons are only physical

40
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ramayana

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romea and juliet

  • monkey
  • written by valmiki
  • sita prince rama
41
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upanishads

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exploring meaning of life

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