Vocabulary Indus Valley 24-25 Repsch

torment

• To cause great pain and suffering

• People who train and ride elephants

dynasty

• A series of rulers from the same family

• A prediction of the future

conquest

• The act of taking control of a place or people by force

• Very interesting or exciting; you want to pay attention

Who are "mahouts"?

• People who train and ride elephants

• A person killed in war or accident

polytheism

• Belief in more than one god

• A prediction of the future

beliefs

• Things that a person thinks are true

• A series of rulers from the same family

enlightenment

• spiritual awakening

• very interesting or exciting; you want to pay attention

reincarnation

• the belief that when a person dies, their soul goes into another body

• a series of rulers from the same family

prophecy

• the act of taking control of a place or people by force

• a prediction of the future

Ahimsa

• non-violence and harmelssness - a belief in Hinduism and Buddhism

• Being mean