| A | B |
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| Himalaya | the highest mountains in the world located in southern Asia |
| Ganges River | a river in northern India that runs south of the Himalaya and flows into the Indian Ocean |
| Indus River | a river that empties into the Arabian Sea |
| Harappa | a large, well-planned ancient city in the Indus River valley |
| Mohenjo-Daro | large, carefully planned ancient city in the Indus River valley |
| Aryans | a group of people from central and south central Asia who invaded the Indus River valley and conquered the Harappans by 1000 B.C.; they developed a written language called Sanskrit and the caste system |
| Brahmans | one of the top two social classes of Aryan society; they were the priests, the only class that could perform religious ceremonies |
| subcontinent | large landmass that is part of a continent but distinct from it |
| monsoon | strong wind that blows one direction in winter and the opposite direction in summer |
| Sanskrit | written language developed by the Aryans |
| raja | prince who led an Aryan tribe in India |
| caste | social group that a person is born into and cannot change |
