Indus Valley Civ
The location where India's first civilization grew
Indus Valley
The language of the Vedas
Sanskrit
The supreme Hindu being
Brahman
The Buddha's name
Siddhartha Gautama
The founder of the Maurya Empire
Chandragupta
India's Climate
Tropical
The group at the bottom of the caste hierarchy
Untouchables
The thinkers and teachers who left their homes for the forest
Gurus
The main characteristic of Jainism
Nonviolence
Bureaucracy
A system of offices that carries out government rules and regulations
India's seasonal winds
Monsoons
Brahmins
Priests
Reincarnation
The rebirth of a soul into a new body
The Eightfold Path
The reason why Asoka turned to peace
He was shocked by the suffering he caused and expressed sorrow and regret
Indus Valley trade goods
Jewelry, Cotton Cloth, Teak
Vaishyas
Landowners, bankers, and merchants
The paths to Moksha
The way of knowledge, the way of works, the way of devotion, and the way of meditation
The Four Noble Truths
All life involves suffering, desire causes suffering, people can end their suffering, and there is a way to overcome suffering
The method Asoka used to spread his new ideas
He set up stone pillars across his empire
A theory as to why the Indus Valley Civilization disappeared
Disease, Flooding, Natural Disaster
Kshatriyas
Rulers and warriors
Examples of why Hinduism is considered a flexible religion
People don't need to give up their gods, regular religious attendance is not required
The four sights the Buddha saw before leaving home
An old man, a diseased man, a dead man, and a poor, but content man
Innovations in math and science discovered during the Gupta Empire
The decimal system, the number zero, the idea of a rotating earth, how eclipses work, Ayurveda, metallurgy