WHAP Chapter 4 part 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Indra | chief god of the Aryans, associated with war and thunder |
| Aryans | Indo-European migrants into South Asia after 1500 BCE |
| Indo-Europeans |  Migrants throughout Europe and West Asia who brought with them their language(s), horses and warlike culture |
| Dravidians | Linguistic group who occupied South Asia prior to the Indo-European migrations; the Harappans belonged to this group, as do the residents of the southern regions of the Indian sub-continent |
| Indus River | location of the earliest civilization in South Asia |
| Harappa | major city for which the Harappan culture is named |
| Hindu Kush | mountains which separate the Indus River valley from Central Asia |
| Himalayas | mountains which separate the Ganges River valley and South Asia from the Tibetan plateau and Central Asia |
| Harappan crops | wheat, barley, cotton |
| Harappan domesticated animals | chickens, sheep, goats, cattle |
| chickens | animals first domesticated in South Asia |
| cotton | crop first found in South Asia |
| Mohenjo-Daro | major city of Harappan culture; means "mound of the dead" |
| horses | signature animal Indo-Europeans brought with them |
| cattle | the primary wealth of the Aryans |
| Sanskrit | the holy language of the Aryans and later the Hindus |
| Prakrit | everyday language of the Aryans which becomes Urdu, Bengali, Hindi, etc. |
| Vedas | Ancient Sanskrit writings that are the earliest sacred texts of Hinduism. |
| Rig Veda | The first and most important of the Vedas, it has historic, spiritual and social information about the Aryans |
| dasas | Aryan name for indigenous people of Indus valley region; regarded as socially inferior to Aryans |
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