Ancient India Vocabulary Review

The social group you are born into and cannot change; known in India as jati.

• Caste

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Raja

The Buddhist leader who headed the government

• Guru

• Dalai Lama

• Krishna

• Raja

Strong winds that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in the summer.

• Thunderstorm

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Monsoon

The consequences of how a person lives their life.

• Karma

• Dharma

• Buddhism

• Reincarnation

The language of India that was introduced by the Aryans.

• Pictograms

• Sanskrit

• Heiroglyphics

• Sumerian

The Indian term for prince.

• Dalai Lama

• Raja

• Kali

• Guru

Hindu god who is believed to have created the universes; the universal spirit/deity.

• Krishna

• Dalai Lama

• Brahman

• Karma

This means teacher in India.

• Dalai Lama

• Buddha

• Raja

• Guru

The process of passing through many lives to reach Brahman.

• Reincarnation

• Buddhism

• Specialization

• Mummification

Divine law; requires people to perform the duties of their caste.

• Reincarnation

• Karma

• Dharma

• Mummification