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| subcontinent | a large landmass that is geographically separated from the rest of a continent |
| citadel | a massive fort |
| migrate | to move from one place to another to live |
| Hinduism | one of the world's oldest religions, it grew out of the beliefs of the Aryans |
| Vedas | "Books of Knowledge", it contains sacred songs |
| caste system | a way of organizing people into hundreds of different levels |
| reincarnation | a belief that people move in a constant cycle of birth, death and rebirth |
| dharma | laws and duties described in the Vedas |
| Buddism | a religion that, according to its followers, was founded by a prince. He gave away his fortune to seek the true meaning of life |
| monk | a man who devotes his life to a religious group |
| karma | a force caused by a person's good and bad acts |
| Four Noble Truths | believed by Buddists: Life is filled with suffering, wanting causes suffering, to stop suffering people must follow eight basic laws |
| Eightfold Path | Budda's set of instructions on the proper way to live |
| middle way | a way of living for Buddists that was neither too strict or too easy |
