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shaped india's culture
hinduism
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what age lasted from 15000 to 500 B.C.
vedic Age
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four collections of ancient hymns
vedas
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long complicated _______ used for different religious rituals
hymns
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scriptures were written down in
1400 A.D.
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collections of _____ that _______ is the hidden meaning in vedas
essay that interpert
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the one, universal, mighty spirit who creates and destroys & unites all things
Brahman
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all things nature related
Brahman
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the soul of Brahman
atman
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after death, the inner self is reborn in another form
reincarnation
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the ultimate goal of humans- state of perfect understanding in which one's self disappears to merge with Brahman
Moksha
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structured in India
Castes
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four groups of people constructed by
a Hindu god
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priest were also
Brahmans
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Kshatriyas became
rulers and wariors
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rulers and warriors were also
Kshatriyas
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Vaishyas became
merchants, artisans, farmers
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merchants, artisans, and farmers were also
vaishyas
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from gods arms
kshatriyas
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different classes of people in society....
what was it based on
- caste system,
- hindu beliefs
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people were ____ into different caste systems
born
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describe the untouchables
outside caste; considered unclean, had to have separate wells
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what happens if the people associate with others from a lower class
they would get "contaminated"
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duty; set of obligations
dharma
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women's dharma;
obey father as child, husband when married, sons when widowed
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better to do your duty _____ then to do someone else's ______
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in a past life explained caste system
deeds
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ethical law of cause and effect
kharma
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good deeds earned you
a higher caste in the next life
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bad deeds earn you
a lower caste in your next life
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untouchables commited
very bad deeds
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spread under mauryan rulers after vedic age
buddhism
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bhudda changed
the Hindu ideas of a caste system
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end of vedic age was
530 B.C.
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Bhudda was
gautama siddhartha
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what class was bhudda born into
warriors
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bhudda was disturbed by
all the suffering in life
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bhudda found wisdom through
medatation
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bhudda was known as the
enlightened one
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bhudda taught that anyone could gain enough wisdom in one lifetime to escape
the cycle of reincarnation
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