Ancient India

The creator of Buddhism. The first Buddha.

India is considered a ________________, because it is a large country that is separated from the rest of the continent by physical barriers.

The lowest part of the Indian caste system. Actually off of the hierarchy.

____________ is a word for one's good or bad actions dictating their varna in the next life.

First ancient Indian civilization that settled on the Indus River

Aryan language and writing

The original Aryan religious texts

Religion that branched off of Hinduism. Does not believe in harm to any living kind.

How many varnas are there?

Name one branch of Buddhism

Indians rely on _______________ for rain and agriculture

Name for people who travel to spread a religion

The term for being reborn after death.

Set of Vedas that came from the interpretations of priests and scholars.

When Siddhartha Gautama was 35, he reached ___________________.

Name the two bodies of water that surround the lower part of India

You can reach nirvana by following the _________________________

The guiding principles of Buddhism. The acknowledgement of suffering and its origins

The one universal god of Hinduism

Term for the strategy to not use harm or physicality when trying to get your way

The main religion in India