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1. When does the wet monsoon come?
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
May.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.

2. How many languages were in India?
The duty that indians have in cast.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.

3. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Inner soul

4. What were the three things Sidhartha saw that made him leave his current life?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
May.

5. When does the wet monsoon come?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
May.
Inner soul
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).

6. What is Dharma?
The duty that indians have in cast.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
October.

7. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.

8. What does the headman do?
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
He runs the village
May.

9. What is shakti?

10. What does patriarchal mean?
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
May.
Male domination.

11. What is sati?
The duty that indians have in cast.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
The duty that indians have in cast.

12. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

13. When does the dry monsoon come?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
October.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.

14. What is Brahaman?
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
The sick - old - poor and dead.

15. What is the Moksha?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.

16. What is purdah?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.

17. What is the bohdi tree?
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
The duty that indians have in cast.
He runs the village

18. What is significant about Bangladesh?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Inner soul
May.

19. What does patriarchal mean?
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
Male domination.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The duty that indians have in cast.

20. What is Atman?
Inner soul
Male domination.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

21. What is significant about Bangladesh?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

22. What is significant about the Ganges?

23. What are India's natural barriers?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
He runs the village
He has a princely life.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.

24. What does the headman do?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
He runs the village
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

25. What are subcontinents?
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
He runs the village
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
Union of atman and brahman - the goal

26. What are the sacred texts of Hinduism?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Vedas (eternal truths) - Mahabharata - Ramayana - Upinshads (support the truths).
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
Inner soul

27. What is purdah?
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
Male domination.

28. Who is Sidhartha Guatama?
Inner soul
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.

29. What is the bohdi tree?
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
He has a princely life.
A sacred tree to the Buddhists.
It is a holy river - Hindu's bathe in it.

30. What is significant about the Indus?

31. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
May.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.

32. What is karma?
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.

33. What is shakti?

34. What is Brahaman?
May.
Male domination.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.

35. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He was the founder of Buddism. He became the budda.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
Male domination.

36. What was Sidhartha's life like?
It is very densely populated - and has many floods and cyclones. It is a delta.
The duty that indians have in cast.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
He has a princely life.

37. What is significant about the Indo Gangetic Plain?
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
He runs the village
The sick - old - poor and dead.

38. What is Atman?
Male domination.
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
Inner soul
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.

39. What are India's natural barriers?
Inner soul
Himalayas and Hindu Kush.
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.

40. What was Sidhartha's life like?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
He has a princely life.

41. What are the Four Noble Truths?
The duty that indians have in cast.
It is very fertile - it is towards the north of India.
Pain and suffering are everywhere - the cause of suffering is desire - the way to end pain is to end desire - the way to end desire is to follow the Eightfold Path.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

42. What is sati?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.
The belief that a married woman cannot be seen by any males other than close realtives.
The sick - old - poor and dead.

43. What is Dharma?
The belief that a woman's creative energy is bad and cannot be controlled by anyone other than a man.
It empties into the sea in Bangladesh - and meets with the Ganges. It's banks are densely populated.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
The duty that indians have in cast.

44. What is significant about the Ganges?

45. What are the ways through these natural barriers?
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Kyber Pass and Kashmir Valley.
Inner soul
The sins or good deed you take to the next life.

46. What is significant about the Indus?

47. How many languages were in India?
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.
It is in Pakistan - where civilization began - and many Pakistanis live on it's bank.
Landmasses divided from the continent by natural barriers.
He has a princely life.

48. What is significant about the Brahmaputra?

49. What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism?
The sick - old - poor and dead.
Male domination.
Brahaman - Atman - Moksha - Reincarnation - Karma - and Dharma.
The universal spirit that surrounds us.

50. What is the Moksha?
Inner soul
Union of atman and brahman - the goal
The ritual of a women throwing herself into a fire because her husband died.
Over 700 - English was used as a unifying language.