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Ancient India - 1
Vocabulary from Ancient India
Term | Definition |
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subcontinent | a large landmass that is smaller than a continent |
plateau | a broad flat area of high land |
monsoon | seasonal wind, especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia |
reside | to be present continuously or have a home in a particular place |
migrate | to move from one place to another |
emerge | to come into being or become known |
language family | a group of similar languages |
raja | an Indian prince |
Vedas | ancient sacred writings of India |
text | words written down in a particular form, such as a book |
Sanskrit | the first written language of India |
guru | a teacher |
caste | an Indian social class whose members are restricted in the jobs they may take and in their association with members of other castes |
manual labor | work done by hand |