terms
-Hinduism,
a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion.
Mumbai
a port in W India, capital of Mahrashtra state, on the Arabian Sea
Indus River
an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
Buddhism
,a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century BC
-Karma
the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
harappa
Site of one of the great cities of the Indus Valley civilization of the third millennium B.C.E. It was located on the northwest frontier of the zone of cultivation, and may have been a center for the acquisition of raw materials.
Jainism
the monotheistic religion of the Jewish people.
green revolution
, great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century. Its early dramatic successes were in Mexico and the Indian subcontinent.
mohenjo-daro
one of the largest settlements
Sikhism
a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.
-kolkata
,"area of Goddess Kali
Sanskrit
arabyan poems and hymns
Caste system
a social structure that divides people into groups based on birth, which determines their opportunities, way of life, and social customs.
-Urbanization,the process of making an area more urban
,the process of making an area more urban
Delhi
Capital of the Mugal empire in Northern India