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Aryan - a group of Indian European nomadic herders who are believed by many scholars to have migrated to the Indian subcontinent

Sanskrit - an ancient language of India, first spoken by the Aryans

Dravidian - speakers of a language group found in India since earliest times; mostly spoken in South India today

Caste - a social class that a person belongs to by birth

Vedas - ancient Sanskrit writings hat are the earliest sacred texts of of Hinduism

Hinduism - the modern name for the major religion of India

Buddhism - a major world religion based on the teaching

Buddha - a name meaning the " enlightened one," used for Siddhartha Gautama

Golden age - a period during which a society attains prosperity and cultural achievement

Taj Mahal - a beautiful tomb built by the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan to honor his wife

Mohandas Gandhi - a 20th century indian who helped lead his country to independence by using nonviolent resistance to colonial rules

Nonviolent resistance - a method of protest that draws attention to a problem without using violence