The Epics of the Mahabharata, the Ramayana, the Puranas, and the Upanishads are the sacred texts or Vedas. Gupta is a political era throughout the Indian history.

The ability to regulate science and technology, which are not only improving conditions of life but also producing weapons of mass destruction and leading to an economy where robots and automation will make humans useless.

Sanskrit, the ancient Indo-European language, dominated high culture between approximately 1,000 BCE and 1,000 CE. It is considered to this day a classical tongue along with classical Arabic, Persian, Greek, and Latin and is performed at various ceremonies. It served as a key to learning for much of Indian history, especially among Brahmin and those of other castes who wished to serve in government.

The Hinduism and Buddhism have the primary goal of release from the cycle of existence, Moksha in Hinduism and Nirvana in Buddhism. The highest level for of the latter is to achieve oneness with the universal spirit and thus be released from the earthly desires of existence.

A caste of Japanese youth called hikikomori is profiled; mostly young men who lock themselves away in their bedrooms, fearful of society’s expectations. They have become the lost generation.

As will be shown, concepts such as Dharma (duty) and Karma (fate) are common to both faiths. Both of their extra-Indian expansions were in East Asia.  Karma is related to fate, so the answer should be A.

Kindergarten is compulsory. At the age of 3, every child in Japan goes to kindergarten; Education in elementary and secondary schools is free. Every school has its unique uniform. There are no janitors in Japanese schools. As a rule, the pupils themselves clean up in small groups.

As early as 800 CE, Islam became the dominant faith in West Africa, as well. Muslim traders and religious ambassadors of the faith charted the trade paths of West Africa, where the Ghanaian, the Mali, and the Songhai empires were mighty powers. They embraced Islam and became suppliers of African goods to North Africa and Europe.

The sphere, including Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan and Cambodia, developed when Chinese Buddhism, mixed with Confucianism, spread over East Asia between the 2^nd and 5^th centuries CE. Shared familiarity with the Chinese classics and Confucian values provided a common framework for intellectuals and ruling elites across the whole region.

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Caste means socio-economic status. Varna has a ritual and ideological rationale.

the Age of Enlightenment

The term ‘liquid times’ is used for ‘uncertainty about today and tomorrow’

the interior of Africa was shrouded behind thick forests and jungles making outside contact  with Europe difficult.

Merrick Posnansky argues that African civilization is expressed in its regional settings as an adaptation of Hamitic and Nilotic origins.

Originally, the goal of Buddhism was to correct the abuses by the Brahmins in Hinduism, but it evolved as a separate faith with 500 million people.

The Greeks understood that community problems were caused by human beings. The Romans acquired knowledge of scientific thought, philosophy, and logic from Greece. And the Hebrews developed an awareness of the “self”, or “I”. The individual became aware of his or her moral independence and personal value.   

The interior of Africa was shrouded behind thick forests and jungles, making it not so easy for outside

Indonesia has the largest Buddhist monument on earth — Borobudur in central Java, built during the rule of Buddhist dynasty between 750 and 800 CE. Other prominent monuments built by Buddhists are the Wono Tat Sun Temple in Hong Kong, the Samye Monastery in Tibet, the Beomeosa temple in Korea, the Snake temple in Malaysia, the Song Lim temple in Singapore, the Wat Xieng Thong monastery in Laos, and the Guanghua temple in China. Among the great variety of Buddhist monuments in Asia are those carved from cliffs and rock walls. The most famous of such cave structures are Ajanta and Ellora in India and Dunhuang and Tun-Huang in China, plus pagodas such as Mahamuni in Myanmar/ Burma, and beautiful assorted temples and monasteries throughout the region. Angkor Wat is considered the site of one of the greatest examples of Hindu architecture in the world.

May 4th Movement of 1919.