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Ancient India Vocab
Chapter 5 vocab
Term | Definition |
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Subcontinent | A large landmass that is smaller than a contient |
Monsoons | A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons |
Sanskrit | The most important language of ancient India |
Caste system | The division of Indian society into groups based on rank, wealth, or occupation |
Hinduism | The main religion of India, it teaches |
Reincarnation | A Hindu and buddhist belief that souls are one born and reborn many times, each time into a new body |
Karma | In Buddhism and hinduism, the effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul |
Jainism | An Indian religion based on the teachings of Mahavira that teaches all life is sacred |
Nonviolence | The avoidance of all violent actions |
Sikhism | A monotheistic religion that developed in Indian in the 1400s |
fasting | going without food for a period of time |
meditation | deep, continued thought that focuses the mind on spiritual ideas |
Buddha | Siddhartha Gautama who found enlightenment |
Buddhism | a religion based on the teachings of Buddha that developed in India in the 500s BC |
nirvana | in Buddhism, a stat of perfect peace |
missionaries | someone who works to spread religious beliefs |
metallurgy | the science of working with metals |
alloys | a mixture of two or more metals |
Hindu-Arabic numerals | the numeral system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty |
inoculation | injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses to a disease |
astronomy | the study of stars and planets |