Geography Indus Valley
river that flows through India that provided fertile soil good for growing crops
Indus River
language spoken by Indo-Aryans
Sanskrit
Major religion in India
Hinduism
became known as the buddha and founded buddhism
Siddharta
commemorative burial mounds are called
stupas
Mountain range that acts a a barrier, separates India subcontinent and areas north.
The Himalayas
the name of Indo Aryan religion
Veda
World's longest poem with 200,000 lines with the moral story of loyalty and duty
Maharbharta
Theraveda and Mahayana are the
two branches of Buddhism
The belief of not to hurt any living thing
Ahimsa
This mountain peak that can be found in the Himalayas, towering 24,000 ft.
Mt. Everest
A system of social classes based on birth development
caste
Early Hinduism was known as
Brahmanism
After meditating for 49 days and nights Siddhartha
enlightenment
Became the third ruler in the Mauryan Empire
Asoka
mountains rise west of the Himalayas and separate the subcontinent from Southwest Asia.
Hindu Kush
priest and academia were part of the ______ class in the caste system
These written ideas and connections between heavenly forces and people's lives.
Upanishads
This Buddha belief that actions have consequences is called
Karma
who was known as the "Exterminator of Kings"
Samudra Gupta
has about a fifth of all the ocean waters in the world.
Indian Ocean
Indo-Aryans measured their wealth by
Two epic poems that helps explain religious ideas and how people should live their life.
Ramayana and Mahabharata
According to one of four of these Noble Truth, the way to overcome selfish desires is to follow
The Eightfold
These popular game was invented by the Gupta empire
chess