Unit 8 | South Asia | Vocab | Vol. II

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  1. 4. one of the holy books of Hinduism. It was written about 2,000 years ago
  2. 11. a religion started in India in the late 1400s C.E.
  3. 12. the nonviolent disobeying of laws
  4. 13. religion practiced by ore than 60 percent of the population of South Asia
  5. 15. nomads who migrated from Central Asia into the Indus Valley around 2000 BCE
  6. 16. a set of stories, traditions, and beliefs
  7. 17. a religion founded in Saudi Arabia in the early 500s CE. Its the largest minority religion in India started in the late 500s CE
  8. 18. related to the first urban civilization in South Asia along the Indus River around 2600 BCE
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  1. 1. refers to the division of South Asia into the independent countries of India and Pakistan
  2. 2. a religion in northwest India started in the late 500s CE
  3. 3. the language of the Aryans, which became the basis for many languages in South Asia
  4. 4. a religion founded in 525 BCE in India by Siddhartha Gautama
  5. 5. a group of peoples or states ruled by a strong single ruler
  6. 6. the practice of one country directly ruling and developing trade in a foreign territory for its own benefit
  7. 7. a social structure in India composed of four main levels, which started by the Aryans
  8. 8. a famous building built as a tomb for Shah Jahan's wife in India in the 1600s.
  9. 9. a god or goddess
  10. 10. the leader at the height of the Mauryan Empire, around 250 BCE
  11. 14. cut off from others, separation or being set apart from others