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Vedic India to the Maurya Empire

Between the fading of the Indus cities and the reign of Ashoka, South Asia produced the Vedas, the ideas of karma and rebirth, the social order of varna and jati, the teachings of the Buddha, and its first great empire.

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After the Indus: new arrivals
The Vedas and the move east
Varna and jati
Worked example: reading the Purusha hymn
The Upanishads: karma and release
The Buddha and Mahavira
The rise of the Mauryas
Ashoka and the dhamma
Worked example: reading the Kalinga edict
After the Mauryas
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