Ancient India Vocabulary

2. Buddhist commemorative burial mound.
5. seasonal wind that brings rain to the Indian subcontinent during parts of the year.
7. main river and all of the other rivers and streams that drain into it.
9. system of many government officials who carry out government rules and regulations.
11. willingness to respect different beliefs and customs.
13. grouping based on one’s skill.
15. person under the rule of a monarch.
18. System counting system based on units of ten.
19. science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using it to create useful objects.

1. special building used to hold grain.
3. territory that is under control of a larger country.
4. collection of hundreds of sacred hymns composed by the Aryans of ancient India.
6. a large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.
8. a long term plan for achieving a goal.
10. membership in a state or community, which gives a person civil and political rights and obligations.
12. fortified area
14. symbol used to represent a number.
16. fixed social class into which a person is born.
17. occupation based caste.