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Chapter 2 Upshur
Chapter 2 Upshur Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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A nomadic pastoral people from Eurasia who invaded the Indus Valley and other regions in about 1500 b.c.e. | Aryans |
The caste of priests, which is the highest caste in Hinduism. | Brahman |
Sanskrit term for "slave" used by Aryans; refers to the dark skin color of Indus Valley peoples. | Dasa |
A town in the Indus Valley; also a name for the early civilization in that region. | Harappa |
A Sanskrit term meaning "deed" or "action"; a belief held by members of all religions in India that the amount of good or evil done in a given lifetime affected oneĀ“s destiny in the next existence. | Karma |
The warrior class of Aryan society. | Kshatriyas |
A Hindu epic poem. | Mahabharata |
One of the two chief towns of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. | Mohenjo-Daro |
Animal bones used in Shang China for divination. Contains earliest evidence of Chinese writing. | Oracle bones |
The oldest of the four Vedas, brought into India by the Aryans; the holiest works of Hinduism. | Rig Veda |
The sacred language of India, an Indo-European language introduced by the Aryans. | Sanskrit |
An important member of the Hindu pantheon, along with his wife Kali (Durga). God of destruction and fertility. | Shiva |
The Hindu writings dealing with philosophical issues. | Upanishads |
The third caste, consisting of the landholder and artisan class of Aryan society. | Vaisyas |
A Hindu savior god who, through his nine incarnations, saves the world from destruction; in one incarnation he was Krishna, in another Gautama Buddha. | Vishnu |