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| Harappa and Mohenjo Daro | Ancient cities on the Indus River |
| Ganges River | Sacred river in India |
| Deccan Plateau | Dry, high, tableland between the Ghat Mountains in India |
| Aryan Civilization | Civilization that followed the Indus River Valley Civilization- 1500 BC to 500 BC |
| Cotton cloth | Technology invented by Indus River Valley Civilization |
| Hinduism | Religion of the Aryan Civilization in India |
| Buddhism | Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama in India |
| Caste System | Aryan social hierarchy based on jobs |
| Reincarnation | Belief that a person is reborn after death into another life and body in a higher (or lower) caste depending on one's behavior |
| Brahman | The world spirit of which all Hindu Gods are aspects or pieces |
| Brahmin | Hindu priest and highest caste |
| Sudras | Lowest class in the Aryan caste system of which all non-aryans were members |
| Vedas | Epic poems and stories of the Aryans |
| Ashoka (Asoka) | Mauryan King who converted to Buddhism |
| Maurya Empire | Empire established by Chandragupta in the Ganges between 321 BC and 185 BC |
| Gupta Empire | Empire between 320 AD and 550 AD during which India was peaceful |
| Indus River Valley Civilization | Civilization which developed in the Indus River Valley between 2500 BC and 1500 BC |
| Tamil | Civilization of the Deccan Plateau |
| Vaisyas | Aryan caste of merchants and artisans |
| warrior (Kshatriyas) | Aryan caste of professional fighter and soldier |
| chariot | wheeled wagon for a fighter drawn by a horse |
| Sanskrit | The written language of early Indian Civilizations |
| Mystic | People who devote their lives to seeking spiritual truth |
| Dravidian | Name for original Indus Valley Civilization people |
| Mahabarata | Greatest epic tale of the vedas and Aryan Civilizations conquest of the Ganges Valley |
| Ramayana | Epic vedic tale of the hero Rama and his fight against the demon king Ravana |
| Upanishad | Hindu sacred text |
| Chandragupta | Founder of the Mauryan Empire in |
