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| confucianism | a philosophy based on the teachings of the philosopher Confucius. It teaches respect for the past and ones ancestor and stresses the importance of having only superier people rule a well ordered society. |
| ascetic | a person who chooses to live without the comfort of life especially one who lives this way for religious reasons |
| pinyin | a system of spelling and writing Chinese words using hte Roman alphabet |
| dialects | a form of language that is used only in a certain placde or among a certain group |
| dalits--the untouchables | they are the lowest class |
| brahmans | a class of priest under the aryns caste system--the highest caste in India |
| castes | a class or group into which people are separated based on birth |
| nomads | a person who moves from place to place. People with no permant location. They move around following the animals. they don't farm |
| subcontinent | a landmass of great size but smaller than the continents |
