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How many varnas are there?
Four
The original Aryan religious texts
Vedas
Aryan language and writing
Sanskrit
Set of Vedas that came from the interpretations of priests and scholars.
Upanishads
The one universal god of Hinduism
Brahman
The term for being reborn after death.
Reincarnation
____________ is a word for one's good or bad actions dictating their varna in the next life.
karma
The creator of Buddhism. The first Buddha.
Siddhartha Gautama
When Siddhartha Gautama was 35, he reached ___________________.
Enlightenment
Religion that branched off of Hinduism. Does not believe in harm to any living kind.
Jainism.
The guiding principles of Buddhism. The acknowledgement of suffering and its origins
Four Noble Truths
You can reach nirvana by following the _________________________
Eightfold Path
Name for people who travel to spread a religion
Missionaries
First ancient Indian civilization that settled on the Indus River
Harappan
Indians rely on _______________ for rain and agriculture
Monsoons
Name the two bodies of water that surround the lower part of India
Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea
