Ancient India Vocabulary Words
Terms
Reincarnation
Meditate
Missionary
Monsoon
Citadel
Ahimsa
Caste
Nirvana
Subcontinent
Dharma
Definitions
The belief that souls are reborn in a body of another living thing.
To think deeply about sacred things
A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others.
A strong seasonal wind that blows across a region.
A fortress in a city
In hinduism, the idea of being nonviolent.
A social class of people.
In buddism, the lasting peace achieved by giving up selfish desires.
A large landmass that juts out from a continent.
In hinduism, the religious or moral duties of each person
In buddism, a person become free from suffering by following
Middle way
the.................................
He was a very warlike at first, but then he converted and became a very
Asoka
generous. He was also responsible for the spreading of buddism throughout India
and other parts of Asia.
In hundism the single all powerful force is...
Braham
He is the creator, the universal soul.
Mandala
Buddist like to focus on ........................ When they meditate.
Monsoons are important to India because they carry ....................... That enables
Rain
farmers to grow crops
Chandragupta believed that a ruler must have .............................. Over his
Absolute power
people
Indus river
Mohenjo-daro was built on the banks of the ...................
Most of what we know about the early Aryan life comes from the religious
Vedas
books called ....
The enlightend The followers of Siddartha Gautama called him Budda, which means
one
...............................
Migrated
To move
Convert
When you change your beliefs.
Upanishads
One of the important text book of hinduism.
An Indian empire founded by chandragupta; began with his kingdom in
Maurya empire
northeastern India and spread to most of northern and central India.