Ancient India Vocab Terms

_____ a large part of a continent

• peninsula

• subcontinent

• landmass

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

• monsoon

• tsunami

• hurricane

_______ one of the largest Harapan cities

• Kolkata

• Harappa

• Mohenjo-Daro

_______ India's first civilization, located along the Indus River

• Kolkata

• Harappa

• Mohenjo-Daro

______ a collection of religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism

• Vedas

• Rigveda

• Indus Script

______ a group from central Asia who moved to India and establish Vedic society

• Mongols

• Aryans

• Buddhists

_____ an important language of Ancient India

• Prakrit

• Pali

• Sanskrit

_____ a social order that has determined one's place in Indian society

• Caste system

• Stratum system

• Lineage system

________ a major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Sikhism

________ a religion centered around the teaching of Buddha

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Jainism

• Sikhism