Traditions and Encounter Chapter 4 terms and people
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| 6831546 | ganges river | Aryans had established the first small cities near it around 750 BCE | 0 | |
| 6831547 | Caste | determined the places that individules and groups occupied society. Social classes of hereditary and usually never changes | 1 | |
| 6831548 | varna | sanskirt word "color'; refered to the major social classes. refered to themselves as "wheat colored" | 2 | |
| 6831549 | Lawbook of Manu | sex, gender.. womans job went father, husbands, sons. Woman had the children and kept a suitable home | 3 | |
| 6831550 | Manu | creater of human race; dealt with proper moral behavior and social relationships | 4 | |
| 6831551 | Upanishads | "sitting in front of" refers to the practice of dicipals gathering before a sage for discussion of religios issues | 5 | |
| 6831552 | Brahman | each person participates in a larger cosmic order and forms of a small part universal soul (genuine reality) | 6 | |
| 6831553 | punjab | the upper indus river valley (strattles the modern day border of Pakistan and india) aryan groups settled there | 7 | |
| 6831554 | varuna | GOD; oversaw the behavior..perserved cosmic order punishments were disease and death | 8 | |
| 6831555 | Soma | hallucinogenic concoction theat produced sensations of power and divine insperation. Took during sacrifices | 9 |
