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| subcontinent | a large land mass that juts out from a continent |
| monsoon | a strong wind that blows across East Asia at certain times of the year |
| citadel | a fortess in a city |
| migrate | to move from one place to settle in another area |
| caste | a social class of people |
| brahman | a single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything |
| avatar | a representation of a Hindu godor goddess in human or animal form |
| reincarnation | the rebirth of the soul in the body of another living being |
| dharma | the religious and moral duties of Hindus |
| ahimsa | the Hindu idea of non-violence |
| The God Brahma | The creator, born from golden egg, created earth and everything on it |
| The God Vishnu | kindly god concerned with welfare of human beings, visits earth in different forms to guide humans or to protect them from disaster |
| The God Shiva | not concerned with human matters, responsible for creative and destructive forces of the universe |
| Goddess Shakiti | played a role in human life, she is destroyer and creator, kind and cruel |
| Gautama | the first buddha, "enlightened one", his teachings became known as buddhism |
| meditate | to focus the mind inward in order to find spiritual awareness or relaxation |
| nirvana | the lasting peace that Buddhists seek by giving up selfish desires |
| missionary | a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others |
| Maurya Empire | indian empire founded by Chandragupta, beginning with his kingdom in northeastern india and spreading to northern and central india |
| convert | to change ones belief in particular to change from one religion to another |
| tolerance | freedom from prejudice |
