A | B |
Meditate | Peaceful contemplation to achieve enlightenment |
Monsoon | A seasonal wind that brings a great amount of rain |
Planned Cities | Cities that are thought out before building. ie: cities roads in a grid pattern. |
Reincarnation | The rebirth of a soul into another body |
Nirvana | A state of wisdom that breaks the cycle of reincarnation |
Sanskrit | Ancient language of Hindu in India |
Subcontinent | A large landmass that is part of a continent, but has its own geographic identity |
Archipelago | A group of islands |
Aryan | Indo-European people from North of India who migrated into India around 1500 BC |
Asoka | Mauryan Emperor; called the greatest emperor. He traded violence for kindness. |
Caste | An inherited social class of traditional Hindu society that separates people into classes by birth, occupation, or wealth. |
Dravidian | Native people of India |
Enlightenment | Spiritual knowledge or understanding |
Karma | Hindu belief; the sum of a person’s actions determines their fate in the next life |
Monsoons too early or late? | Early drought; late flood seedlings |
Mohenjo-Daro vs Urbana | Windows on front, fortified city, write on clay |