IMPORTANT TERMS OF HISTORY

KINSHIP,CASTE AND CLASS

Hey students,these terminology matters a lot if you wanna score good in history class 12th.Many times question of 1 mark or 2 marks,so just go through these words that matter.

TERMINOLOGY

1) Endogamy: System of marriage within the unit such as caste, group living in the same locality.

2) Nishada: A hunting community.

3) Gotras: People of the same kin and same Varna.

4) Mahasammata: The great elect chosen by the whole people.

5) Mlechchhas: Literally means barbarians or outsiders, shakas who came from central Asia were known as Mlechachhas by the Brahmanas.

6) Maijhima Nikaya: A Buddhist text in Pali language. It forms a part of a dialogue between a king named Avantiputta and a disciple of Buddha named Kachchana.

7) Chandalas: Untouchables who did menial works.

8) Shrenis: Unions of craftmen and traders in Ancient India. It is also called guilds.

9) Adi parvan: The first section of the Sanskrit version of the Mahabharata.

10) Indra: god of warfare, rains and valour, one of the principle deities in the Rigveda.

11) Dharmasutras: These are the texts composed in Sanskrit by Brahmanas.

12) Polygamy: Practice of having more than one wife.

13) Polyandry: Practice of having more than one husband.

14) Vamsha: Sanskrit word meaning lineage of a person.

15) Jnati: The larger network of kinfolk.

16) Kula: Sanskrit text used to designate families.

17) Puta: A Sanskrit word meaning son.

18)  Stridhana: Literally meaning woman's wealth.

19) Tribute: Periodical payment made by one prince or state to another or by feudatory to the king.

20)  Yajna: A religious act in which members of a family uttered vedic mantras before the sacrificial fire. Later priests came to play an important role in the performance of yajnas.