ANCIENT INDIA REVIEW

caste system

• a written language developed by the Aryans

• rigid social categories that determine each

  person’s position in Indian society.

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a

  different form after death.

• the four major social classes in Aryan society

dharma

• rigid social categories that determine each

  person’s position in Indian society.

• the top position in the social hierarchy of India.

• the four major social classes in Aryan society

• divine law that requires people to do their duty

Brahmin

• the top position in the social hierarchy of India.

• major religious system of India. Many gods and

  goddesses are worshipped most important is

  Brahma.

• based on the teachings of Siddhartha

  Gautama

• rigid social categories that determine each

  person’s position in Indian society.

Buddhism

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a

  different form after death.

• the four major social classes in Aryan society

• based on the teachings of Siddhartha

  Gautama

• divine law that requires people to do their duty

Hinduism

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a

  different form after death.

• major religious system of India. Many gods and

  goddesses are worshipped most important is

  Brahma.

• a written language developed by the Aryans

• the four major social classes in Aryan society

reincarnation

• rigid social categories that determine each

  person’s position in Indian society.

• the top position in the social hierarchy of India.

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a

  different form after death.

• the top position in the social hierarchy of India.

Sanskrit

• a written language developed by the Aryans

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a

  different form after death.

• divine law that requires people to do their duty

• major religious system of India. Many gods and

  goddesses are worshipped most important is

  Brahma.

varnas

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn in a

  different form after death.

• divine law that requires people to do their duty

• a written language developed by the Aryans

• the four major social classes in Aryan society

Seasonal winds that brought lots of rain and impacted the Indus Valley

Civilization.

• sanskrit

• monsoons

• mud bricks

• drainage systems

Used to construct buildings in the Harappan period.

• varnas

• mud bricks

• drainage system

• dharma