Ancient India Vocabulary

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What is a large part of a continent called?

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subcontinent

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What do you call a wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons?

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monsoon

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Indo-Aryan language

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Sanskrit

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A fixed social order that determines one’s place in Indian society

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Caste system

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The rebirth of one’s soul

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reincarnation

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A religion centered around the teachings of the Buddha

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Buddhism

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A system of offices that carry out government rules and regulations

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bureaucracy

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A position in society with political rights and obligations

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citizenship

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A state of pure goodness

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enlightenment

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The process of growing food mainly for self-consumption

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subsistence farming