Pearson India's Vedic Age

A collection of hundreds of sacred hymns and text composed by the Aryans of Ancient India

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status

Fixed social class into which a person was born

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status

Similar to caste it was considered one's duty to follow the caste or job skill you were born into.

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status

a position in society, some people will have more influence on others based on their wealth, position, or leadership ability.

• Veda

• caste

• varna

• status

This is a large class of of farmers, laborers, and servants.

• Kshatriyas

• Vaishyas

• Sudras

• Brahmins

The highest of the caste classes. They are on their way to Nirvana

• Kshatriyas

• Vaishyas

• Sudras

• Brahmins

The warrior class, second only to priests in the caste system.

• Kshatriyas

• Vaishyas

• Sudras

• Brahmins

This is the merchant class. Although not at the top, you would still be doing well living in this social class.

• Kshatriyas

• Vaishyas

• Sudras

• Brahmins

Later on, the Hindu people needed a group of people who would take care of the trash and dispose of dead bodies through cremation. These people were called the Dalits or the _________.

• Perpetrators

• Untouchables

• Undertakers

• Terminators

The Vedas was first passed down by word of mouth by the ______________.

• the lost American people.

• Hindu people

• Indo-Aryan people.

• Buddha people