1. Vocabulary Week 15

2. Caste System A division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race. *Category*: Culture

3. Planned City The careful planning of a community/city from its inception (beginning). *Category*: Culture

4. Harappa An city in the Ancient Indus River Valley that is also an example of a planned city. *Category*: Culture

5. Mohenjo- Daro Ancient city on the bank of the Indus River, in present-day southern Pakistan. *Category*: Culture

6. Kalibangan Ancient city of the Indus River Valley civilization located in northwestern part of present day India. *Category*: Culture

7. Sanskrit An ancient language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism *Category*: Culture

8. Aryan Name formerly given to prehistoric people who settled in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent. *Category*: Culture

9. Vedas any of four collections of hymns, prayers, that make up the earliest Hindu sacred writings. *Category*: Culture

10. Brahmin A Hindu of the highest caste traditionally assigned to the priesthood. *Category*: Culture

11. Untouchable A member of a segregated hereditary group in India having, in traditional Hindu belief, the quality of defiling by contact a member of a higher caste *Category*: Culture

12. Hinduism The dominant religion of India that emphasizes dharma with its resulting ritual and social observances. *Category*: Culture

13. Buddhism A religion of eastern and central Asia growing out of the teaching of Gautama Buddha. *Category*: Culture