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| subcontinent | A large landmass that is connected to the rest of the continent |
| citadel | A walled fort that prtects a city |
| migrate | To move from one place to another to live, especially a large group of people |
| Vedas | In Hinduism, the accient books of scared songs on which much of its religious beliefs are |
| Hinduism | The religion of India that grew outof the beliefs of the ancient Aryan peoples, it stresses that one main force connects all of life |
| caste system | the social system in Hindh society in which a person's place is determined by the rank of the family into which he or she was born |
| reincarnation | it is a Hindu belief that people move in a constant cycle of life, deaht and rebirth |
| dharma | In Hinduism, the laws and duties that guide the behavior of the caste member |
| Buddism | A religion founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama which teaches that most important thing in life is to reach peace by suffering |
| monk | A man who devotes his life to a religous group, often gives up all he owns |
| karma | In Hinduism and Buddhism, the end result of all of a person's good and bad acts, which determines his or her rebirth |
| Four Noble truths | In Buddhism, the principles that rule life and promisses to end suffering |
| Eightfold Path | In Buddhism, the basicrules of behavior and belief leading to and end of suffering |
| Middle Way | In Buddhism, a way of life, neither to strict nor to easy, that results from following the Eightfold Path |
