Ancient Indus Vocabulary

Winds that mark the rainy season in India.

• Typhoon

• Monsoon

• Harpoon

• Hurricane

A strong, central fortress of a city.

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Citadel

• Temple

Indo-Aryan language of Ancient Indus

• Sanskrit

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Indus

Form of social organization

• Pyramid

• Social Class

• Caste System

• Political Class

Belief in the rebirth of souls

• Afterlife

• Nirvana

• Reincarnation

• Karma

Perfect spiritual peace, as taught in Hinduism

• Karma

• Dharma

• Nirvana

• Reincarnation

Written explanation of the Verdic language

• Harrapo

• Upanishads

• Gupta

• Cuneiform

Illusory world of senses, according to Hinduism

• Nirvana

• Karma

• Maya

• Dharma

Founder of Buddhism

• Muhammed

• Moses

• Siddharth Gupta

• Upanishads

Part of the Gupta Dynasty, during his rule, society prospered.

• Chandra Gupta II

• Siddharth Gautama

• Upanishads

• Asoka Gupta