Ch. 6 Ancient India Vocabulary Words
A large area of land that is part of a continent but separated in some way
Subcontinent
Season when moist winds blowing from the ocean toward land bringing heavy rains
monsoon
The Aryan language
Sanskrit
Religion featuring belief in many gods and reincarnation
Hinduism
A group within a social class
caste
Religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha
Buddhism
The base-ten system of numbers 0-9
Arabic numeral
the soul lives on after death and returns to life in a new body, rebirth
reincarnation
Group of people who came to ancient India from eastern Europe and western Asia
Aryans
The widespread cutting down of trees
deforestation