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India List 1
India vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pilgrimage | a religious journey |
| monsoon | winds in the Indian Ocean & Southern Asia that bring heavy rains in the summer months. |
| Indus | river where Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro settled |
| Sanskrit | language of the Aryan people from ancient India |
| Harappa | ancient city of India |
| Mohenjo-Daro | known for their sewer systems and well planned streets |
| Aryans | people who migrated into India after Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro, |
| Aryans | they also developed the Caste System |
| Caste system | a strict social ranking system in ancient India placing people in a rank from birth |
| Bhramin | highest caste where priests would be |
| Kshatriya | second caste where the kings and warriors would be |
| Shudras | lowest caste where common people belonged |
| Vaishya | caste for the merchants and trademen and farmers |
| untouchables | people who didn't belong to a caste and were treated poorly |