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| 298845391 | Indus River Valley | river flows from sources in the Himalayas to the Arabian sea; location of Harappan civilization | 0 | |
| 298845392 | monsoons | seasonal winds crossing the Indian sub continent and SE Asia; summer they bring rain | 1 | |
| 298845393 | Harappan civilization | First civilization of Indian subcontinent; emerged in Indus river valley c. 2500 B.C.E. | 2 | |
| 298845394 | Harass and Dar | major urban complexes of Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern. | 3 | |
| 298845395 | Aryans | Indo-European nomadic, warlike, pastoralists who replaced Harappan civilization. | 4 | |
| 298845396 | Vedas | Aryan hymns originally transmitted orally but written down in sacred books from the 6th century B.C.E. | 5 | |
| 298845397 | India | chief deity of the Aryans; depicted as a hard-drinking warrior | 6 | |
| 298845398 | daises | Aryan name for indigenous people of the Indus river valley region; regarded as socially inferior to Aryans. | 7 | |
| 298845399 | caste system | rigid system of social classification introduced by Aryans | 8 | |
| 298845400 | varnas | clusters of caste groups; four social castes: brahmans (priests), warriors, merchants, peasants; beneath them were the untouchables. | 9 | |
| 298845401 | polygamy | marriage practice in which one husband has many wives; present in Aryan society | 10 | |
| 298845402 | polyandry | marriage practice in which one wife has many husbands; recounted in Aryan epics | 11 | |
| 298845403 | patrilineal | social system in which decent and inheritance is passed through the male line; typical of Aryan society | 12 |
