Ancient India and Hinduism

monsoon

• a strong wind that brings heavy rain

• destructive, rotating winds that form under a large storm system

• a long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake

• a long period of no rainfall leading to a shortage of water

subcontinent

• another name for a small "mini" continent

• an area of land that is under a continent

• a large landmass that is smaller than a continent

• an area of a continent that is less important than the rest of the continent

a fortress built to protect a city

• tribute

• levee

• moat

• citadel

granary

• a place to store water

• a place to store grain

• a place to store weights and measures

• a place to train scribes

caste

• a class, or group

• a tool used by artisans

• a treatment for a broken limb

• a religious book

a person has a duty or obligation to live an honorable life

• dharma

• samsara

• caste

• karma

a social group that does a particular job and that a person is born into

• vedas

• karma

• jatis

• dharma

the good and evil done in a past life determines what happens to one’s soul in the next life

• caste

• samsara

• dharma

• karma

reincarnation

• the belief that there is nothing after death

• the belief that a person goes to a perfect place after death

• the belief that a person’s soul is reborn into a new body after death

• the belief that the soul travels around the world after death

a collection of ancient writings viewed as sacred by many Hindus

• vedas

• varna

• karma

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  talmud