Ancient India Vocabulary

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What is a large part of a continent called?

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subcontinent

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What do you call a wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons?

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monsoon

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Name of India’s first civilization that was located along the Indus River.

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Harappa

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One of the largest Harappan cities in India.

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Mohenjo-Daro

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A collection of religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism.

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Vedas

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A group from Central Asia who supposedly moved into India and established Vedic society.

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Aryans

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Indo-Aryan language

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Sanskrit

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A social order that has determined one’s place in Indian society

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Caste system

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A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

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Hinduism

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The rebirth of one’s soul

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reincarnation