Vocabulary Week 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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