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subcontinent |
large area of land that is sperated by geography from the rest of the continent |
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monsoon |
the season when moist winds blow from the India Ocean toward the subcontinent |
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deforestation |
widespread of cutting down trees |
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fortress |
a building designed to protect a city or army |
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inscription |
written message |
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assmimilated |
accepted into the general popualation of other cultures |
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Aryans |
earliest immagrants in India |
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Sanskrit |
Aryan language |
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Vedas |
aryans holiest books (writtin in Sanskrit) |
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Hinduism |
one of the oldest religons still practiced today |
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recarnation |
the process of the soul lives on after death and returns to life in a new body |
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caste |
a group within a social class |
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untouchables |
the class below all the castes |
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Buddhism |
religon based on those teachings |
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rajahs |
princes |
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assasination |
Chandragupta and his son governed the empire according to this book |
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turning point |
a time of an improtant change |
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missionaries |
people who teach about their religon |
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arabi numerals |
numerals used in India long before they were borrowed by Arab traders. It was formed in 595 A.D and the # were 0-9 |
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inoculation |
giving someone a mild diseise so that they won't get sick with a more serious form |
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cavalry |
soldiers who rode horses and camels |
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tribute |
yearly payments |
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couriers |
riders |
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prophet |
a person who others believe speaks or writes without a divine message |
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Zoroastrianism |
a religon started by Zarathustra which taught a belief in two gods |
