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In Hinduism, dharma refers to one's social duty A major city of the pre-Vedic culture of the Indus River Valley was Harappa The north-east wind that blow across south India about the same time as the American hurricane season is called monsoon true a brahmin is a priest the hallucinatory drink in Vedic worship was called soma English the the most widely spoken language in the world false Siddhartha Gautama is the name of the person who became known as the Buddha According to the most recent archaeology, homo erectus initially emerged from central asia false a hindu social class, sanctioned by religion is called caste the umbrella term "hinduism" includes Harappan, Aryan and Dravidian cultures true the ultimate reality of the particular self, is the ground of the buddha's teaching true In east Asia many of the so called "Asian values" are more often that not grounded in Chinese literature true Chinese Civilization has been able to absorb conquering invaders such that "barbarians" had no great effect on her culture false...