India, Part 2: Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Society

Vocab: a small, birth-based social group connected to specific jobs, family roles, and daily life

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Vocab: an IVC city known for the Great Bath, drainage systems, and advanced city design

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Vocab: second level of caste system: the protectors (warriors, soldiers, rulers)

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Vocab: Military leader/ruler who used spies and large army to unify India for the first time; divided empire into provinces with local leaders to keep control

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Vocab: first level of caste system: the intellectuals (priests, teachers)

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Vocab: group outside of the caste system→ considered impure and dirty due to sins committed in past lives; AKA “Untouchables” (work with garbage, waste, dead animals, etc.) 

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Vocab: leader who expanded the empire, strengthened the economy, and avoided war through alliances and peace treaties

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Vocab: 1 of the 4 broad social categories based on roles and responsibilities in Ancient India

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Vocab: third level of caste system: the producers (farmers, merchants)

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Vocab: post-Gupta Empire social order that determines one’s place in Indian society

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