Ancient India Vocabulary

A European term used to describe the social classes of traditional Hindu society

• caste

• citadel

• dharma

• Vedas

A stronghold, often used to protect a city

• caste

• citadel

• dharma

• Vedas

In Hinduism, obedience to the law that orders the universe

• reincarnation

• dharma

• karma

• Vedas

A building for storing threshed grain

• granary

• monsoon

• caste

• Sanskrit

A wind from the southwest or south that brings heavy rainfall to southern Asia in the summer

• granary

• monsoon

• caste

• karma

An ancient religion developed in India that is still practiced by large numbers of people

• Hinduism

• Polytheism

• Christianity

• Daoism

The sum of a person's actions, which influence his or her destiny

• karma

• dharma

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

Rebirth of the soul in another body

• reincarnation

• dharma

• karma

• Hinduism

An ancient Indian language that is the language of Hinduism and the Vedas

• Sanskrit

• Greek

• Latin

• Hieroglyphics

A large landmass, like India, that is part of a larger continent

• subcontinent

• island

• colony

• monsoon