HI supplement p 9-13

damascene steel

arabs took this from india for weapons

arabic numerals

modern written numbers created by arabs

mogul

empire in india which ruled until the 1700s

asoka

mauryas greatest ruler, originally conquered 2/3 of india subcontinent until he converted to hinduism and denounced war and conquest

siddartha gautama

nobleman who eventually became known as buddha

caste

a strict division of social classes

aryans and dravidians

aryans completely overran the indigenous dravidians

himalayan mountain system

one of the three major land regions that india consists of