Lesson 2 Flashcards
1
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Caste
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Was hereditary and could never be changed. Dictated what the people could do for work and who they could marry
2
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Brahman
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An upper class section that included both priests and scholars
3
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Kshatriyas
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An upper class section that included both rulers and warriors
4
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Vaisyas
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A middle class section that included merchant, traders and farmers
5
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Sudras
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A lower class section that consisted of peasants bound to the land
6
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Outcastes/Dalit
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Also known as the Untouchables
7
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Aryans
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A migrant collection of tribes meaning “noble ones”. They belonged to the Indo-European people who had populated central Asia.
8
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Sanskrit
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The Brahmans preformed rituals in this Aryan language
9
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Vedas
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Where Brahmanism’s rituals and hymns were recorded. The oldest one is the Rig Veda with 1,028 hymns
