Ancient India Vocabulary

A large part of a continent

• Subcontinent

• Ultracontinent

• Major Continent

A wind pattern that influences the climate and leads to wet and dry seasons

• Vedas

• Monsoon

• Harappa

One of the largest Harappan cities

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Karma

• Ahimsa

India´s first civilization, located along the Indus River

• Vedas

• Sanskrit

• Harappa

A collection of religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism

• Vedas

• Dharma

• Moksha

A group from Central Asia who moved into India and established Vedic society

• Nirvana

• Vedas

• Aryans

An important language of Ancient India

• Sanskrit

• Aryan

• Indian

A social order that determined one´s place in Indian society

• Indian System

• Caste System

• Hindu System

A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• Islam

• Christianity

• Hinduism

The rebirth of one´s soul

• Reincarnation

• Nirvana

• Dharma