| A | B |
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| Aryan | A group of people who are beleived to have migrated to India |
| Sanskrit | an ancient language of India, first spoken by the Aryan |
| Dravidian | speakers of a language group in India before the Aryans, mostly spoken in South India today |
| caste | a social class that a person belongs to by birth |
| Hinduism | a modern name for the major religion of India |
| Buddhism | a major world religion based on the teachings of Siddartha Gautama |
| Buddha | a name meaning "enlightened one" used for Siddhartha Gautama |
| golden age | a time of prosperity (success) and cultural achievement |
| Taj Mahal | a beautiful building (tomb) built by Shah Jahan to honor his wife |
| Mohandas Gandhi | a 20th-century Indian who helped lead his country to independence by using nonviolent resistance to colonial rule |
| nonviolent resistance | peaceful methods of protesting (ex. marches, refusing to buy British products and pay taxes) |
