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| 5225319563 | Subcontinent | A large landmass that juts out from a continent | 0 | |
| 5225321457 | Hindu Kush | The Aryans passed through these mountains to reach the Indus Valley | 1 | |
| 5225324927 | Himalayas | The world's highest mountain range, forming the northern border of the Indian subcontinent. | 2 | |
| 5225326373 | Cultural Syncretism | Social process by which the beliefs and practices of two unique cultures mix and create new cultural characteristics | 3 | |
| 5225329640 | Indus River | A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea., the location of the first river valley civilization of India | 4 | |
| 5225331722 | Harappan Society | India's first civilization which was characterized by highly advanced cities (well planned) and tools (copper and bronze) as well as other advancements in culture, agriculture, sewers, and infrastructure | 5 | |
| 5225332343 | 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. | 6 | |
| 5225334494 | Mohenjo Daro | Along with Harappa, major urban complex of the Harappan civilization; laid out on planned grid pattern | 7 | |
| 5225337233 | Aryans | Nomads from Europe and Asia who migrated to India and finally settled; Vedas from this time suggest beginning of caste system | 8 | |
| 5225338341 | Dravidians | One of the main groups of indigenous people in India; probably descended from the Indus River culture that flourished at the dawn of Indian civilization over 4,000 yrs. ago | 9 | |
| 5225340731 | Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. | 10 | |
| 5225341563 | Rig Veda | a collection of 1,028 Sanskrit hymns, composed around 1500 to 1000 B.C.E. yet written down around 1000 C.E. One of the most revealing sources about Indo-Europeans who settled in north India. | 11 | |
| 5225343432 | Sanskrit | The primary sacred language of Hinduism | 12 | |
| 5225348910 | Vedic Age | 1500-500 BCE. Period in Indian history marked by the immigration of Aryan peoples, transition to agriculture, and cattle as the major form of wealth. It was recorded in Sanskrit texts such as the Vedas. A golden age of classical Sanskrit literature. literary epics, poems, and songs were passed through oral tradition from the Indus to the Ganges. | 13 | |
| 5225359681 | Dasas | Aryan name for indigenous people of Indus valley region; regarded as socially inferior to Aryans, and were enemies of the Aryans. | 14 | |
| 5225360966 | Raja | An Indian king or prince. | 15 | |
| 5225362371 | Punjab | A historical region in northwestern India and northern Pakistan | 16 | |
| 5225363696 | Ganges River | Located in India, this river is considered sacred to Hindus and is used for spiritual cleansing, funeral rites, and other Hindu rituals. | 17 | |
| 5225364477 | Caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life, 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 | 18 | |
| 5225366072 | Varna | The Hindu word for caste | 19 | |
| 5225370009 | Brahmins | The priest varna of the caste system. | 20 | |
| 5225370645 | Kshatriyas | The warrior and aristocrat varna of the caste system. | 21 | |
| 5225371246 | Vaishyas | The artisan and merchant varna of the caste system. | 22 | |
| 5225372337 | Shudras | The landless peasants and serfs of the caste system. | 23 | |
| 5225375664 | Untouchables | The social division in Hindu society that fell in rank below the caste system; it was occupied by those who carried out undesirable occupations such as undertaking, butchering, and waste collection; called Dalits | 24 | |
| 5225377740 | Jati | A Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a subcaste | 25 | |
| 5225379177 | Lawbook of Manu | Was written to set up guidelines for interactions in society; specifically husband/wife rules. An early Aryan work, reinforced the idea of male supremacy. | 26 | |
| 5225386998 | Sati | The former Hindu practice of a widow throwing herself onto her husband's funeral pyre | 27 | |
| 5225389570 | Upanishads | These are the interpretations of the Vedic Hymns that Hindu teachers wrote down between 800 - 200 B.C. | 28 | |
| 5225395288 | Brahman | A single spiritual power that Hindus believe lives in everything | 29 | |
| 5225397264 | Samsara | the cycle of life and rebirth in Hinduism; reincarnation | 30 | |
| 5225399444 | Karma | The belief that your deeds and actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life. | 31 | |
| 5225400478 | Dharma | In Hinduism, the laws, duties, responsibilities and obligations that guide the behavior of each caste member. | 32 | |
| 5225403381 | Moksha | Goal of all Hindus; becoming liberated from the Samsara and at one with Brahman | 33 |
