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Vocab History

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Aryans(noble) dominate northern India politically and culturally
Sanskrit major language of ancient india
Vedas body of sacred writings
Brahmins Gods and goddesses who can be approached through ceremonies of priests
Brahman ultimate unchanging reality that is the source of the universe
Hinduism set of practices and beliefs in which individual worshippers could show their devotion to God's directly without priests
Upanishads religious texts composed between 750-500BCE
Reincarnated souls were reborn
Samsara process of rebirth
Karma actions performed in ones life
Moksha liberation and freedom from the endless cycle of birth
dharma a path of living a moral life
Brahmin priests (highest social rank)
Kshatriya warriors (highest social rank)
Vaishya merchants (third rank)
Shudra peasants, laborers, conquered people (fourth,largest rank)
Jatis(births) complex system of thousands of hereditary groups
Caste Indian social hierarchy
Caste System a fixed social structure where a person's social status, job, and rights are decided by birth, with almost no way to change it
Untouchable impure, gross, because of their occupations or things they did
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