1. SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE ARYANS - MAJOR LANGUAGE OF INDIA

2. SANSKRIT

3. CHIEF OF ARYAN TRIBES

4. RAJAH

5. TRIBES OF PEOPLE FROM EUROPE WHO INVADED INDIA - NAME MEANS “NOBLE ONES”

6. ARYAN

7. MAJOR PASSAGE WAY THROUGH THE HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS

8. KHYBER PASS

9. PERIOD THAT RAN FROM 1200 TO 500 B.C. - LIFE EVOLVED AROUND THE VEDAS (RELIGIOUS BOOKS)

10. VEDIC AGE

11. LOCATED NORTHWEST OF INDIA - IT FORMED A NATURAL BARRIER

12. HINDU KUSH MOUNTAINS

13. LOCATED ALONG THE GANGES RIVER ALONG NORTHERN INDIA

14. GANGES PLAIN

15. FOUR RELIGIOUS BOOKS “BOOKS OF KNOWLEDGE” WRITTEN BY PRIESTS FOR THE ARYANS

16. VEDAS

17. LONG NARRATIVE POEM

18. EPIC

19. NATIONAL RELIGION OF INDIA - BASED IN ARYAN RELIGION

20. HINDUISM

21. FOUR MAJOR SOCIAL CLASSES OF ARYAN SOCEITY

22. VARNAS

23. FIRST CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS WARRIORS RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MILITARY

24. KSHATRIYAS

25. SECOND CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM PRIESTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEACHING THE VEDAS (HOLY BOOK)

26. BRAHMANS

27. THIRD CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS MERCHANTS, FARMERS, CRAFTSMEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR FARMING PRODUCING AND TRADING GOODS

28. VAISYAS

29. FOURTH CLASS OF PEOPLE IN THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM UNSKILLED LABORERS AND SERVANTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVING OTHER CLASSES

30. SUDRAS

31. THIS CLASS OF PEOPLE WERE CONSIDERED SO LOW THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CASTE SYSTEM THEY SLAUGHTERED THE ANIMALS OTHER CLASSES OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE UNCLEAN THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SOCIAL OUTCASTS

32. PARIAHS

33. THIS SYSTEM WAS VERY RIGID ONE COULD NOT MOVE FROM ONE CLASS TO THE NEXT BASED ON BIRTH

34. CASTE SYSTEM

35. SUBDIVISION OF INDIVIDUAL CLASSES BASED ON OCCUPATION

36. JATI

37. PARIAHS WERE CALLED THIS BECAUSE THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE SOCIAL OUTCASTS

38. UNTOUCHABLES

39. EPIC POEMS THAT OUTLINED THE DUTIES OF INDIVIDUALS

40. MAHABHARATA

41. DUTIES OF THE MALES THAT BELONGED TO EACH CLASS IN THE VARNAS CLASS SYSTEM

42. DHARMA

43. MAN CHOSEN BY GOD AS THE FIRST KING

44. VIRAJAS

45. THIS WAS PART OF THE MAHABHARATA IT ILLUSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE OF DUTY IN LIFE MEANS “SONG OF THE LORD”

46. BHAGAVAD GITA

47. TALE OF KING RAMA AND HIS WIFE DESCRIBES THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL

48. RAMAYANA

49. RELIGIOUS WRITINGS ALL LIVING THINGS HAVE SOULS

50. UPANISHADS

51. RELIEF FROM GOING FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER

52. MOKSHA

53. PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXERCISE A STATE OF PEACE

54. YOGA

55. THE ONE ETERNAL SPIRIT

56. BRAHMAN NERGUNA

57. THE PRACTICE THAT REQUIRES HINDUS TO PROTECT ALL LIVING THINGS

58. AHIMSA

59. REBIRTH OF SOULS

60. REINCARNATION

61. THE IDEA OF WHAT YOU DO IN THIS LIFE DETERMINES WHAT YOU ARE IN THE NEXT LIFE

62. KARMA