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| Monsoons | A seasonal wind that causes wet and dry seasons. |
| Sanskrit | The first language of Ancient India |
| Subcontinent | A large landmass that is connected to the rest of the continent like India |
| Peninsula | An area of land surrounded by water on three sides. |
| Caste System | The social hierarchy of India created by the Aryans that divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation |
| Golden Age | A time period of prosperity (wealth), peace, and progress (expansion and growth) during the Gupta Empire |
| Brahmin | Priests, from the highest social class in the caste system. |
| Himalaya Mountains | The highest mountains in the world, which stretch along northern India, separating it from the rest of Asia |
| Reincarnation | the rebirth of the soul |
| Aryans | Immigrants who arrived at the Ganges river valley by the year 1000 BC |
| Dharma | In Hindu belief, a person's religious ans moral duties |
| Harrappa | A large ancient city of the Indus civilization, created in present-day Pakistan |
| Hinduism | A religion native to India, feturing belief in many gods and reincarnation |
| Karma | In Hindu belief, the sum of good and bad actions in one's present |
| Mohenjo Daro | One of the largest settlements of the Ancient Indus Valley civilization |
| Indus and Ganges River | The rivers where the Indus Civilization settled along. |
