Ancient India Vocabulary Assignment

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  1. 3. A religion and philosophy developed in ancient India, characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme being who takes many forms.
  2. 6. The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next life.
  3. 7. Located in India along the Indus River,near the Thar Desert and the Himalayas Mountains.
  4. 9. In 1500s BCE people migrating from present-day southeast Russia. Some traveled to Europe, some to Persia, and some to India.
  5. 11. Nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; Vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system.
  6. 12. Highest caste of priests in the Indian population.
  7. 13. Caste of kings and warriors in the Indian population.
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  1. 1. Largest city of the Indus Valley civilization. It was centrally located in the extensive floodplain of the Indus River.
  2. 2. Any of the social or sub-classes of traditional Hindu society, a social class distinct from others and characterized by birth, rank, profession or wealth.
  3. 4. Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism.
  4. 5. Hindu and Buddhist belief that souls are reborn into new bodies over and over.
  5. 8. Caste people that were merchants, artisans, and farmers in the Indian population.
  6. 10. People in ancient India that were below the caste system.
  7. 14. Caste that made up most of the Indian population; most were peasants and manual laborers; they had limited rights in society.