T3 vocab

1. Kush:Mountains to the west of the Indus River that made it hard for invaders to enter India.
5. leader who ruled an Aryan village and the land around it.
6. mountain range on the northern Indian border; it is the highest mountain range in the world.
10. from Central Asia that were skilled warriors with chariots and advanced weapons.
12. Daro:An ancient city of the Harappan civilization, located in what is now Pakistan.
13. Varnas:each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra.

1. city that thrived between 2300 and 1700 BC in the Indus Valley, in what is now Pakistan.
2. Hinduism, the ancient books and religious writings by Aryan priests of sacred songs, poems, myths, and rituals on which much of its religious beliefs are based.
3. (Shatreeuhs): second highest in ritual status of the four varnas, or social classes, of Hindu India, traditionally the military or ruling class. “Warriors”
4. the Great:Mughal emperor of India (1556-1605) who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance.
7. most important language of ancient India
8. Jahan: Mogul emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mogul architecture were built (including the Taj Mahal at Agra)
9. seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons.
11. :A large landmass that is connected to the rest of a continent.