| A | B |
|---|
| Kalidasa | Famous poet; compared to Shakespeare |
| Dandid | Master of prose |
| Sanskrit | Writing system developed by the Aryans |
| Hindu Kush | Mountain range to northwest of India |
| Himalayas | mountain range to the north and northeast of India |
| Kyber Pass | pass through the Hindu Kush mountains |
| Raja | Aryan Prince |
| Rajput | Warrior prince |
| Monsoon | seasonal wind; essential to Indian farmers |
| Caste | introduced in Indian society by the Aryans |
| Silk Road | ran from China to Rome; allowed cultural diversity |
| Cuneiform | Writing system comparable to Sanskrit |
| Mahabharata | epic poem contains the Bhagavid Gita |
| Aryans, Persians, Hittites | Indo-Europeans |
| Mohenjo-Daro | Harrapan city that provided evidence of complex institution |
| Indian economy | Farming |
| Mahmud Ghazni | introduced legacy of hate between Muslims and Hindus |
| Nirvana | End of the cycle of rebirth for Buddhists |
| Moksha | enc of cycle of rebirth for Hindus |
| Timur Lenk | destroyed the Delhi sultanate and killed 1000's of Muslims and Hindus |
