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| ISLAND AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF INDIA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS CEYLON |
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| LOCATION AND NAME OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN INDIAN CIVILIZATION (LOCATED IN PAKISTAN TODAY) |
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| INDUS RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATION CITIES |
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| A MAJOR SUBDIVISION OF A CONTINENT; A LARGE LANDMASS |
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| MOUNTAINS RISING FROM THE COASTAL PLAINS IN INDIA (WESTERN & EASTERN) |
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| HINDU PRIESTS; THE HIGHEST CASTE OR VARNA |
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| INDO-ARYANS' WRITTEN LANGUAGE |
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| TRIBES FROM NORTH OF THE BLACK & CASPIAN SEAS WHICH MIGRATED INTO INDIA AROUND 1750BC |
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| THE WORLD'S OLDEST RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURES; INDO-ARYANS RELIGIOUS LITERATURE |
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| ONE OF THREE MAIN HINDU GODS; THE CREATOR |
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| ONE OF THREE MAIN HINDU GODS; THE DESTROYER |
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| ONE OF THREE MAIN HINDU GODS; THE PRESERVER OR MAINTAINER |
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| IN INDIA, FROM JUNE-OCTOBER, WINDS COME FROM THE SOUTHWEST, BRINGING RAIN |
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| IN INDIA, NOVEMBER-MARCH, WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST, BRINGING HOT, DRY WEATHER |
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| THE MEANING OF THE INDO-ARYAN WORD FOR WAR |
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| ONE'S MORAL OBLIGATIONS OR DUTIES IN LIFE |
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| GOOD OR BAD FORCE CREATED BY YOUR THOUGHTS, WORDS AND DEEDS; BELIEF SHARED BY BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM |
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| ALSO CALLED VARNAS, THE FOUR MAIN GROUPS IN THE ARYAN SOCIAL SYSTEM ADOPTED BY THE HINDUS |
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| "OUTCASTS" PEOPLE WHO PERFORMED WORK CONSIDERED UNCLEAN |
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| ANOTHER NAME FOR THE UNTOUCHABLES OR OUTCASTS |
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| THE NAME MEANS "THE ENLIGHTENED ONE" |
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| THE BUDDHA'S STEPS TOWARDS ENLIGHTENMENT; BE ABLE TO NAME AND DEFINE 2-3 EXAMPLES |
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| ALL LIFE IS FULL OF PAIN AND SUFFERING |
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| THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING IS DESIRE (FOR MATERIAL OR TEMPORARY THINGS) |
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| TO END SUFFERING, YOU MUST END DESIRE |
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| TO REACH NIRVANA, YOU MUST FOLLOW THE EIGHTFOLD PATH |
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| VIEW THE BUDDHA AS A TEACHER, SPIRITUAL LEADER; SRI LANKA, THAILAND, LAOS, BURMA |
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| VIEW THE BUDDHA AS A GOD; JAPAN, CHINA, VIETNAM, KOREA |
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| THE SOUL IS REBORN IN ANOTHER BODY, BELIEF SHARED BY BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM |
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| THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT |
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| STORY SOMETIMES USED TO EXPLAIN HINDUISM'S TEACHING THAT THE VARIOUS HINDU GODS REPRESENT ASPECTS OF BRAHMAN |
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| HINDU BELIEF THAT THE WORLD WE SEE IS AN ILLUSION; PEOPLE MUST RECOGNIZE AND REJECT THE ILLUSION |
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| HINDU BELIEF IN THE UNITY OF GOD AND CREATION |
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| HINDU CONCEPT OF THE SELF OR INDIVIDUAL ESSENCE |
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| WRITTEN EXPLANATIONS OF THE VEDIC RELIGION |
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| ONE OF THE GREAT INDIAN EPICS; THE STORY OF PRINCE ARJUNA |
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| ONE OF THE GREAT INDIAN EPICS; THE STORY OF PRINCE RAMA AND HIS WIFE SITA |
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| PART OF THE MAHABHARATA, DESCRIBING A GREAT BATTLE |
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| ONE OF 3000 SUBGROUPS IN THE CASTE OR VARNA SYSTEM |
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| A STATE OF PERFECT SPIRITUAL PEACE, A STATE OF HAVING NO DESIRES AS TAUGHT IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM |
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| PRACTICE AMONGST SOME HIGH CAST HINDUS, OF WIDOWS BURNING THEMSELVES TO DEATH ON THEIR HUSBAND'S FUNERAL FIRES (ILLEGAL IN MODERN INDIA) |
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| PRACTICE AMONGST SOME HIGH CAST HINDUS, OF WIDOWS LIVING A LIFE OF RESTRICTION |
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| ALSO CALLED A BINDI, A MARK ON THE FOREHEAD TRADITIONALLY WORN BY MARRIED HINDU WOMEN |
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| THE WARRIOR CLASS, SECOND RANK IN THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM |
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| THE MERCHANTS, LANDED FARMERS, CRAFTSMEN AND TRADERS, THE THIRD LEVEL OF THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM |
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| THE FOURTH LEVEL OF THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM; PEASANTS, LABORERS AND SERVANTS |
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