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Ancient India Vocab

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Indus River Valley Like the nile, the Indus River in India provided the water and soil that enabled a thriving agricultural society to take root there c. 7000 BCE
Dravidians people who created the Harrapan society in the Indus River Valley
Harrapan Earliest civilization in India
Mohenjo Darro sophisticated city state complex of the Dravidian people c. 2500 BCE
Aryans Indo Europeans who arrived in India. C. 1500 BCE and overthrew the previous cultures in the Indus Valley
Hindi Language of Northern India. Descended from the Indo European language
Rig Veda One of four collections of 1000 hymns dedicated to the Aryan Gods. Written down in 1400 BCE., but probably much older. Among the oldest of the Hindu texts.
Vedic Age (1500-500 BCE) The oral history if conflict and interaction between the Aryans and the Dravidian people. Indra, the Aryan God of war, features prominently in these histories.
Brahmin The class of priests, teachers, and protectors of sacred oral histories.
Brahman The "Universal soul" and "ultimate reality" in Hindu religion.
Dharma Hindu concepts of obedience to religious and moral laws.
Karma The Hindu concept of that the sum of good and bad in a persons life will determine who (or what) they are in the next life.
Moksha Hindu concept of salvation of the soul.
Sanskrit Sacred language of the Aryans. The vedas were originally composed of
Upanishads compilation of basic Hindu concepts; sometimes related in a dialogue between brahmin and student
Caste Well defined social distinction in ancient India that became the basis for rank in society; Brahmin, Kshatryia, Vaishya, Sudra and the Untouchables (Daltis)
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