Ancient India Vocabulary

Aryan written language

• Cuniform
• Heiroglyphics
• karma
• Sanskrit

Social group a person is born into and can not change.

• Karma
• Varna

• Sanskrit
• Monsoon

Rebirth of the soul in a different body

• Reformation

• Restart

• Resurrection

• Reincarnation

Divine Law: Do your duties

• Dharma

• Karma

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

Ancient sacred writings of Hinduism

• Vedas

• Caste

• Four Noble Truths

• Buddism

a force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Karma

• Dharma

A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Christianity

A religion centered around the teachings of the Buddha

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

• Judaism

A state of blissful peace without desire or suffering

• karma

• dharma

• nirvana

• reincarnation

ruler of the Mauryan Empire, he extended his control over most of India and spread Buddhism

• the Buddha

• Ashoka

• monsoon

• Aryans