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| 217013460 | Harappan Society | A large city of the Harappan (Indus) civilization, which had 35,000 people, was well- planned (with public wells, a drainage system, and garbage chutes), had a government based on religion, and traded many agricultural goods | |
| 217013461 | Harappa | Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation , and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials. (p. 48) | |
| 217013462 | Mohenjo-daro | Indus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system. | |
| 217013463 | Aryans | nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | |
| 217013464 | Vedic Age | A period in the history of India; It was a period of transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled village communities, with cattle the major form of wealth. | |
| 217013465 | Dravidians | one of the main groups of people in India; probably descended from the Indus River culture that flourished at the dawn of Indian civilization over 4,000 yrs. ago | |
| 217013466 | Lawbook of Manu | Written by t founder of the human race according to Indian mythology. Lawbook dealt with proper moral behavior and social relation ships, including sex and gener relationships. Composed after the vedic age, but reflected the society constructed eariler under Aryan influence. Advisted men to treat women with honor and respect, but insisted that women remain subject to guidence from men. Also specificed duties of women were to bear children and maintain wholesome homes for their families. | |
| 217013467 | Sati | a ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced. | |
| 217013468 | Rig Vega | one of the best known books of the vedas containing more than 1000 hyms | |
| 217013469 | Upanishads | A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe. | |
| 217013470 | Caste System | a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society | |
| 217013471 | Varnas | The social divisions of the Aryan Society that included from top to bottom: 1)priests (Brahmins), 2) rulers or warriors; 3) farmers, craftspeople, traders; 4) workers and servants (Sudras) |
