Ancient India F&C

large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent

• subcontinent

• penniunsula

• province

• monastery

seasonal winds

• monsoon

• Veda

• dharma

• moksha

special building used to hold grain

• granary

• caste

• monastery

• stupa

fortified area

• citadel

• granary

• monastery

• province

each of these is a collection of hundreds, and even thousands of sacred texts composed by the Indo-Aryans

• Veda

• Moksha

• Stupa

• Varna

a FIXED social class into which a person is born

• caste

• dharma

• varna

• jati

The Vedas identify 4 of these, which are groupings based on one's skill

• varnas

• mokshas

• karmas

• provinces

another type of grouping, which is a term for an occupation-based caste, meaning "birth group"

• jati

• varna

• subject

• caste

position in society

• status

• ahimsa

• welfare

• dharma

these thinkers and teachers left their homes to live in the forest to think and talk about religious ideas

• gurus

• meditate

• nirvana

• Vedas