Traditions and Encounters Ch 4 Flashcards
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| 1077032592 | Harappan society | earliest known Indian civilization | 0 | |
| 1077032593 | Indus River | A river in India that supported the Harappan civilization for thousands of years. | 1 | |
| 1077032594 | Vedas | collection of hymns, songs, and prayers | 2 | |
| 1077032595 | Rig Veda | most important of all the Vedas | 3 | |
| 1077032596 | Lawbook of Manu | reflected Aryan patriarchal/societal beliefs | 4 | |
| 1077032597 | Caste system | Brahmins Vaishyas Kshatriyas Shudras Pariahs | 5 | |
| 1077032598 | Upanishads | result of Aryan and Dravidian blending of cultures | 6 | |
| 1077032599 | varna | the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups | 7 | |
| 1077032600 | Vedic Age | A period of transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled village communities, with cattle the major form of wealth. | 8 | |
| 1077032601 | jati | subcastes | 9 | |
| 1077032602 | Indra | chief deity of the Rig Veda | 10 | |
| 1077032603 | Varuna | presided over the sky and preserved cosmic as well as mortal order | 11 | |
| 1077032604 | sati | widow voluntarily threw herself on funeral pyre of deceased husband to join him in death | 12 | |
| 1077032605 | Brahman | universal soul | 13 | |
| 1077032606 | moksha | deep dreamless sleep that came with permanent liberation from incarnation | 14 | |
| 1077032607 | karma | "He becomes pure by pure deeds, bad by bad deeds" | 15 | |
| 1077032608 | samsara | souls go to the World of Fathers then return for their new incarnation | 16 |