Ancient India Vocabulary Terms

a wind from the south or southwest that brings heavy rainfall to Asia during the summer months

• Plateau

• Monsoon

• Subcontinent

• Domesticate

rebirth in a new form of life

• Reincarnation

•  Seal

• Caste

• Nirvana

a large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding lands

• Domesticate

• Monsoon

• Plateau

• Subcontinent

a state in which the human soul is at perfect peace

• Reincarnation

• Caste

•  Nirvana

• Stupa

a major subdivision of a continent

• Subcontinent

• Plateau

• Reincarnation

• Stupa

to tame and use for agricultural or other purposes

• Subcontinent

• Plateau

• Monsoon

•  Domesticate

baked or hardened brownish-red clay

• Domesticate

• Terra-cotta

• Seal

• Reincarnation

an object that is pressed into a soft material to leave a design or other mark

• Monsoon

• Domesticate

• Terra-cotta

• Seal

a division of society based on differences in wealth, social status, and occupation; a term introduced by the British to describe this element of Indian society

• Reincarnation

• Caste

• Nirvana

• Stupa

a dome-shaped monument where special religious objects are kept and people can worship

• Stupa

• Nirvana

•  Caste

• Reincarnation