AP World: Chapter 4 Early Societies in South Asia

European tribes who settled in India after 1500 B.C.E.; their union with indigenous Dravidians formed the basis of Hinduism.

Hindu caste of priests.

Peoples who produced the brilliant Harappan society in India, 3000-1500 B.C.E.

Early brilliant Indian society centered around Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

Early brilliant Indian society centered around Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

Early Indian god associated with the Aryans; Indra was the king of the gods and was associated with warfare and thunderbolts.

Indian word for a Hindu subcaste.

Hindu concept that the sum of good and bad in a person's life will determine his or her status in the next life.

Hindu caste of warriors and aristocrats.

A moral code prepared in the first century B.C.E. in India dictating the role of women in Indian society.

Hindu concept of the salvation of the soul.

New Stone Age (10,000-4000 B.C.E.), which was marked by the discovery and mastery of agriculture.

Daily-use language of the early Aryans.

Hindu term for the concept of transmigration, that is, the soul passing into a new incarnation.

Sacred language of the early Aryans

Also known as suttee, Indian practice of a widow throwing herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.

Hindu caste of landless peasants and serfs.

Indian reflections and dialogues (800-400 B.C.E.) that reflected basic Hindu concepts.

Hindu caste of cultivators, artisans, and merchants.

Hindu word for caste.

Aryan god who watched over the behavior of mortals and preserved the cosmic order.

"Wisdom," early collections of prayers and hymns that provide information about the Indo-European Aryans who migrated into India around 1500 B.C.E.; Rig Veda is most important collection.