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SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE ARYANS - MAJOR LANGUAGE OF INDIA
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CHIEF OF ARYAN TRIBES
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TRIBES OF PEOPLE FROM EUROPE WHO INVADED
INDIA - NAME MEANS “NOBLE ONES”
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MAJOR PASSAGE WAY THROUGH THE HINDU KUSH
MOUNTAINS
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PERIOD THAT RAN FROM 1200 TO 500 B.C. - LIFE
EVOLVED AROUND THE VEDAS (RELIGIOUS BOOKS)
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LOCATED NORTHWEST OF INDIA - IT FORMED A NATURAL BARRIER
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HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS
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LOCATED ALONG THE GANGES RIVER ALONG
NORTHERN INDIA
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FOUR RELIGIOUS BOOKS “BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE” WRITTEN BY PRIESTS FOR
THE ARYANS
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LONG NARRATIVE
POEM
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NATIONAL RELIGION OF INDIA - BASED IN ARYAN
RELIGION
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FOUR MAJOR SOCIAL CLASSES OF ARYAN
SOCEITY
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FIRST CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS WARRIORS
RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
MILITARY
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SECOND CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM
PRIESTSRESPONSIBILITY FOR
TEACHING THE VEDAS (HOLY BOOK)
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THIRD CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS
MERCHANTS, FARMERS, CRAFTSMEN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FARMING
PRODUCING AND TRADING GOODS
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FOURTH CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM UNSKILLED LABORERS AND
SERVANTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR
SERVING OTHER CLASSES
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THIS CLASS OF PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERED SO LOW THEY
WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CASTE SYSTEM
THEY SLAUGHTERED THE ANIMALS
OTHER CLASSES OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE UNCLEAN THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE
SOCIAL OUTCASTS
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THIS SYSTEM WAS VERY RIGID
ONE COULD NOT MOVE FROM ONE CLASS TO THE
NEXT BASED ON BIRTH
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SUBDIVISION OF INDIVIDUAL CLASSES
BASED ON OCCUPATION
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PARIAHS WERE CALLED THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE
CONSIDERED TO BE SOCIAL OUTCASTS
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EPIC POEMS THAT OUTLINED THE DUTIES OF INDIVIDUALS
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DUTIES OF THE MALES THAT BELONGED TO EACH CLASS
IN THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM
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MAN CHOSEN BY GOD AS THE FIRST KING
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THIS WAS PART OF THE MAHABHARATA
IT ILLUSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE OF DUTY IN
LIFE MEANS “SONG OF THE
LORD”
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TALE OF KING RAMA AND HIS WIFE
DESCRIBES THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN
GOOD AND EVIL
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RELIGIOUS WRITINGS
ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE SOULS
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RELIEF FROM GOING FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER
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PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXERCISE
A STATE OF PEACE
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THE ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT
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THE PRACTICE THAT REQUIRES HINDUS TO PROTECT ALL LIVING
THINGS
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THE IDEA OF WHAT YOU DO IN THIS LIFE DETERMINES
WHAT YOU ARE IN THE NEXT LIFE