winds that mark the seasons in India

strong central fortresses built on a brick platform

path that permitted people to cross the mountains into India

The plateau that is between the Ghat mountains

Groups of people that crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains into northwestern India, from Black and Caspian Seas

These are the Indo-Aryans' great works of religious literature

The language in which the Vedas were written

Special priests thatknew the proper forms and rules in Indo-Aryan society

Military leader, lawmaker, and judge of Indo-Aryan Society

The Vedanta or "end of the Vedas" were collected in these written explanations of the Vedic religion

Long poems based on religious themes

Most famous of the Hindu Scriptures

A complex form of social organization that began to take shape after the Indo-Aryan migration

4 distinct __________________________ , or social classes, appeared in Indian society

The 4 varna were divided into 3,000 different ___________________.

Belief in the unity of God and creation

People can be saved if they learn and recognize this

Belief in the rebirth of souls

The perfect peace

Hinduism is _____________________________, the belief of many gods.

The "Enlightened One" and the founder of Buddhism

Buddha taught that salvation comes from know the "___________________________" and following the "_____________________"

The two branches of Buddhism is ____________________ and ______________________

Established the Mauryan Empire

Ordered the end of killing and became a Buddhist

The Gupta Empire had its golden age under this ruler

Five Books of the Gupta period