Ancient India Vocabulary

(320-550 C.E.) Ruling family in India during its golden age. Responsible for many achievements.

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life, a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society

The number system we use today; it was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty

Developed by both the Maya and the Gupta, even though they developed separately.

Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help him or her build up defenses to a disease

The science of working with metals.

A great advancement of the Indian civilization.

Something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease.

A study of numbers added, subtracted, multiplied, divided, and leaning of square roots and fractions and pie.

A large landmass that is connected to the rest of a continent.

Connected China, India, and the Middle East. Traded goods and helped to spread culture.

A seasonal wind pattern that causes wet and dry seasons.

an ancient Indic language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian languages are derived.