Geography
Why is India considered a sub-continent?
Mountains separate it from Asia
Warriors/Rulers
Kshatriya
Mound of the Dead is the translation for what?
Mohenjo Daro
The belief that you are reborn again in another body after death.
Reincarnation
What are the 2 empires of Ancient India?
Gupta and Mauryan
Pakistan
Dirty Jobs
Dalits/Untouchables
What large structure was built in the middle of Indus Valley cities.
What is one major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism?
Answers vary
What was the language of Ancient India that began as just a spoken language until it was finally written down.
Sanskrit
Warm, wet winds come in from the Arabian Sea.
Merchants
Vaisya
How were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro streets laid out?
Grid pattern
Who is the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
We know that Ancient India traded with other civilizations because we have found these in the marketplaces...
trading seals
Identify the two mountain ranges in Northern India
Hindu Kush and Himalayas
Servants
Sudra
Did Harappa and Mohenjo Daro have a writing system?
Yes, but we can't read it
Why was Buddhism so appealing to the lower Castes?
Because they would be seen as more equal in that religion. No Castes
This emperor shifted to Buddhism after seeing the horrors of war.
Ashoka
Identify 2 of the 3 Ancient India Rivers.
Brahmaputra
Ganges
Indus
Priests
Brahmin
What was one major achievement of these early Indian cities?
Plumbing, drainage systems
What was the main religious text of Hinduism?
Vedas
This group of nomads came in to the Indus Valley and quickly took over in the early years.
Aryans