Ancient India Key Terms and Map

a large part of a continent

• Subcontinent

• Monsoon

• Karma

• Nirvana

A strong seasonal wind in South and Southeast Asia

• Dharma

• Monsoon

• Buddhism

• Varna

A worldwide religion that has many gods and teaches that people have another life on earth after they die.

• Hinduism

• Meditation

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Subcontinent

A rigid social hierarchy in India that divides people into hereditary classes

• Monsoon

• Meditation

• Nirvana

• Caste System

In Hinduism, a state of being influenced by a person’s actions and conduct; determines the kind of life into which a person will be born

• Varna

• Karma

• Buddhism

• Nirvana

The Buddha’s teachings; divine law

• Dharma

• Reincarnation

• Meditation

• Subcontinent

In Hinduism, the rebirth of a person’s soul into another body after death

• yoga

• nirvana

• reincarnation

• inoculation

A series of postures and breathing exercises

• karma

• dharma

• yoga

• inoculation

A long story in the form of a narrative poem

• Karma

• Epic Poem

• Caste System

• Monsoon

A period of great cultural achievement

• The Stone Age

• The Golden Age

• The Bronze Age

• The Ice Age