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| Hindi | official language of India |
| Indus Valley Civilization | Earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent |
| Vedas | long hymns Aryans used to pass on their oral history |
| Brahma | creator of the universe |
| Vishnu | preserver of the universe |
| Shiva | destroyer of the universe |
| Reincarnation | rebirth based on your Karma |
| Brahmin | highest caste made up of priests/teachers |
| Kshatriyas | caste that governs or protects the people |
| Vaisyas | caste of merchants, farmers, businessmen |
| Sudras | lowest and largest caste made up of working class people |
| Untouchables | do not belong to a caste; believed to be spiritually contaminated |
| Siddhartha Guatama | the founder of Buddhism |
| Taj Mahal | famous building built during the Muslim Mughal Empire |
| British East India Company | company that controlled and colonized much of the Indian subcontinent |
| Mahatma Gandhi | leader of India's independence movement |
| Jawaharlal Nehru | India's first prime minister |
| Science and Engineering | fields of study that India ranks high in |
| Ganges | sacred river of India |
| Monsoons | winds that reverse direction when the seasons change |
| Hinduism | religion with as many as 330 million gods |
| Buddhism | religion based on the question “Why is there suffering?” |
| Harappan | one of the first known sophisticated societies to live in India |
| Indo-Pakistani War | West Pakistan became Pakistan, East Pakistan became Bangladesh |
| Kashmir War | conflict between India and Pakistan |
