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A Buddhist and Hindu belief in the sacredness of all living creatures and urging NON-VIOLENCE.
ahimsa (a-him-sa)
The NORTHWEST part of the Indian Ocean BETWEEN ARABIA AND WESTERN INDIA; an important TRADE route between India and the West.
Arabian Sea (a ray bee an)
Group of WARRIORS who developed the CASTE system.
Aryans (air-ee-ans)
MAURYAN EMPEROR who SPREAD BUDDHISM throughout Asia; contributed to public works and developed written laws known as ROCK EDICTS.
Asoka (A-sock a)
An arm of the Indian Ocean that BORDERS INDIA on the WEST.
Bay of Bengal
A SOCIAL STRUCTURE in which CLASSES are determined by HEREDITY.
caste system
A MOUNTAIN system of south-central Asia that runs through NORTHERN INDIA.
Himalayas (Him-a-la-yas)
A MOUNTAIN range extending WEST of the HIMALAYAS.
Hindu Kush
HINDU BELIEF that the FUTURE IS BASED ON your PRESENT BEHAVIOR.
karma (kar-ma)
The INVASION ROUTE through mountains to the west of the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
Khyber Pass (Khy-ber Pass)
In the HINDU religion, RELEASE from the cycle of REBIRTH.
moksha
CONQUERED INDIA and brought ISLAM to the Indian subcontinent.
Moslem Turks (Mos-lem)
A BUDDHIST belief that by avoiding extremes and following the Eightfold Path a person could achieve a state of FREEDOM from the cycle of REBIRTH.
nirvana (nir-va-na)
REBIRTH of the soul in another body.
reincarnation (re-in-car-na-tion)
An WRITTEN ancient INDIAN LANGUAGE that is the language of HINDUISM.
Sanskrit (San-skrit)
Founded Buddhism while in search of the truth; later known as BUDDHA.
Siddartha Gautama (sid ar tha got a ma)
A DOME-SHAPED MONUMENT used to house the bones of BUDDHIST HOLY PEOPLE AND ARTIFACTS.
stupas (stoo-pas)
A large LANDMASS that juts out from a continent.
subcontinent (sub-con-ti-nent)
HINDU SACRED TEXTS composed in Sanskrit and gathered into four collections.
Vedas (Vay-das)
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