Religion
What is the most popular religion in India today?
Hinduism
What job was at the top of the social pyramid?
Priests
India is part of this continent.
What is Asia?
These nomads brought their language, culture, and religion to the Indus River valley.
Who are the Aryans?
The buildings in Mohenjo-Daro were built out of what?
What are mud bricks?
The founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
The highest on the caste system.
Who are the Brahmins?
This serves as a barrier separating India from China.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
This Mauryan emperor converted to Buddhism and was responsible for constructing roads and spreading the Buddhist faith throughout Asia.
Who is Asoka?
What two mathematical accomplishments of ancient India are still in use worldwide today?
What are zero and Hindu-Arabic numerals?
Performing your "duty" in Hinduism would earn someone ____
Karma
When is someone's Caste determined
at birth
India is separated from the rest of Asia, making it a ______
Subcontinent
The Golden Age of India was under this empire
Gupta
The great Indian epics like the Ramayana are written in this language.
What is Sanskrit?
The Buddha reached this "place" while meditating
Nirvana
The Shudra caste consisted mainly of these.
What are unskilled workers (servants)?
Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus
Chandra Gupta of the Mauryan empire used what to make people stat loyal?
Spies and secret police
The Great Bath was found in which ancient city
Mohenjo-Daro