Indo-Aryans

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  1. 4. Vishnu in human form; the chariot driver in the Bhagavad Gita
  2. 5. the first human being, according to the Rig Veda
  3. 6. priests
  4. 8. people who existed outside of the caste structure and whose touch was thought to endanger the ritual purity of others
  5. 9. a long narrative/story poem celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes
  6. 13. the creator god of Hinduism
  7. 14. traders, farmers, herders
  8. 18. the cultural knowledge and information that has been passed down through speech from one generation to the next
  9. 20. one of the major epics of India
  10. 21. a part of a larger continent
  11. 22. a group on Indo-Europeans who settled or originated in India
  12. 24. laborers and peasants
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  1. 1. a major Aryan kingdom which occupied almost all of the Indian subcontinent by the 2nd century BC
  2. 2. the ancient Indo-European language in which the Vedas were first written
  3. 3. a Hindu god who takes the form of Krishna
  4. 6. a famous part of the Mahabharata which tells the story of Arjuna, who receives advice from his chariot driver Krishna
  5. 7. a god
  6. 10. the four main social groups in ancient India
  7. 11. warriors and rulers
  8. 12. the sacred literature of the Aryans
  9. 15. a metal which came into use in India around 1000 BC
  10. 16. the European word for an Indian social class
  11. 17. one of the subdivisions of Indian social classes
  12. 19. a collection of over 1000 hymns to the Aryan gods
  13. 23. a warrior prince and one of the main characters of the Bhagavad Gita