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Ancient India
Vocabulary for Ancient India
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monsoon | a strong wind that brings warm air and heavy rain to southern Asia in the Summer |
| Plateau | a flat area of land that is elevated (raised) above the land around it |
| Citadel | a fortress built to protect a city |
| Sanskrit | the first writing system of the Aryans; developed around 1,000 B.C.E. |
| Raja | an Aryan leader or prince |
| Caste | a social class or group in Hindu society |
| Indigenous | (when referring to a culture group) the group that has been in area longer than anyone else |
| Reincarnation | the idea that a person's soul does not die with the body, but instead put into another living being to start a new life |
| Karma | the force generated by a person's soul does not die with the body, but instead put into another living being to start a new life |
| Dharma | the holy laws and required actions that Hindus must follow to have good karma. Each social class has its own dharma |
| Avatar | (in Hinduism) a god who has come to Earth in human or animal form |
| Ascetic | a person who gives up material possessions (things) and worldly pleasures in order to focus on spiritual matters |
| Samara | the continuous cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that Hindus believe takes place until the cycle is broken and the soul. is reunited with the supreme god Brahman |
| Bhagavad Gita | a famous story about the warrior Arjuna who is fighting a war that symbolizes good and evil. He is sad because he doesn't want to kill his enemies because they are his relatives. |
| Alms | something (for instance money or food) given freely to help |
| Monk/nun | a holy man/woman who devotes his/her life to religious practice |
| Monastery | a home for monks; normally built away from other places in order to provide a quiet place for study, prayer and/or meditation |
| Pilgrim | a person on a religious journey |
| Mural | a wall painting (directly on the wall) |
| Province | a territory that is part of a country or an empire |
| Edict | a command that is supposed to be obeyed like a law |
| Divine | having to do with a god or meaning someone who is a god |
| Reservoir | a man-made lake that is built to collect and store water |
| Archipelago | a chain of islands |
| Stupa | a dome shaped structure serving as a place to keep things associated with Buddha; a shrine (monument) to Buddha |
| Mandir | the name for a Hindu temple |
| Rajputs | Hindu warriors; they used infantry supported by elephants; defeated by descendants of Turkish slaves that had set up an Islamic state in present day Afghanistan |
| Angkor Wat | a strong kingdom in present day Cambodia of Khmer people; the most famous and beautiful temple in the region. It combines Indian architecture and Khmer culture. |
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