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204238926IndraEarly Indian god associated with the Aryans, KIng of the gods and associated with warfare and thunderbolts1
204238927AryansIndo European migrants who settled in India around 1500 B.C. Their union with the Dravidians would establish Hinduism2
204238928DravadiansPeoples who produced the brilliant Harrapan society in India. 3,000-1500 B.C.3
204238929Harrappan SocietyIndian society centered in Harrapa and Mohenjo-Daro4
204238930Indus RiverA river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. Has unexpected floods that leave behind fertile silt.5
204238931HarrapaA civilization along the Indus River estblished around 7,000 BCE. This city consisted of over 5,000 square miles. The civilization in the area was named after this city.6
204238932Mohenjo DaroIndus Valley city laid out in a grid pattern. Had a complex irrigation and sewer system.7
204238933SanskritThe holy language for the indus valley peoples8
204238934Vedas"wisdom" A collection of prayers and hymns that provide insight on the religion of the Indo-Europeans who migrated into India9
204238935Rig VedaThe most important of the Vedas10
204238936Rajaname for a king of a cheifton in india. Comes from latin "Rex"=King11
204238937dasasAryan name for indigenous people of Indus valley region; regarded as socially inferior to Aryans12
204238938Punjaba historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan13
204238939Ganges RiverA river of South Asia that flows southeast from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.14
204238940VarnaHindu word for caste15
204238941VarunaIndian god who watched over the behavior of mortals and preserved the comic order16
204238942Patriarchya form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line17
204238943Law book of Manuit was made by an anonymous sage in the 1st century B.C.E. and it dealt with proper moral behavior and social relationships.18
204238944SatiThe practice of an Indian widow throwing herself onto the funeral pyre of her husband19
204238945SomaA hallucinatory potion consumed by priests20
204238946UpanishadsA group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe.21
204238947Samsara(Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth22
204238948Karma(Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation23
204238949MokshaThe Hindu concept of the spirit's 'liberation' from the endless cycle of rebirths. (179)24

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