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Ancient India Vocabulary Notes Climate & Geography Monsoon Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons. Subcontinent Large landmass that is part.

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1 Ancient India Vocabulary Notes Climate & Geography Monsoon Seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons. Subcontinent Large landmass that is part of a continent but considered a separate region. (Below Asia, separated by mountains.)

2 HimalayasHighest mountains in the world which stretch along India, separating India from China and the rest of Asia. Hindu KushMountain range to the northwest of India.

3 Harappan Ancient civilization that developed along the CivilizationIndus River. SanskritMost important language of Ancient India.

4 Society Caste SystemSocial class a person belongs to by birth. KarmaThe effects of good or bad actions on a person’s soul. ReincarnationRebirth of a soul in another body; the only way to improve caste is to have good karma and then be reborn into a higher level. BrahmanismEarly religion of the Aryans.

5 HinduismDeveloped from Brahmanism and has grown into the third largest religion in today’s world. AryansPeople who invaded India from central Asia and developed the caste system and a belief system, Brahmanism, which led to Hinduism. BuddhismReligion that began in India and is based on the teachings of Siddhartha.

6 SiddharthaFounder of Buddhism also known as the GautamaBuddha, or “enlightened one”. NirvanaState of perfect peace.. DharmaCollective teachings of Buddha, often represented by a wheel.

7 AsokaGreatest Maurya king who began rule in 272B.C. AhimsaNonviolence Mohandas Ghandi20 th century Indian who helped lead his country to indenendence using nonviolence to resist British colonial rule.

8 Indian Achievements Hindu-ArabicNumerals we use today that originated in NumeralsIndia and were brought to the west by Arab trade. MetallurgyMetal Working InoculationInjecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease. AstronomyThe study of the stars and planets.


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