Vocabulary
Religion
Geography
Inventions
100
Indian's written language
What is Sanskrit?
100
the holy scriptures of the Aryans
What are the Vedas?
100
the first civilization in the area was set up along this
What is the Indus River?
100
Gupta art is based off of this
What is religion?
200
large landmass that is set apart from the rest of the continent
What is a subcontinent?
200
highest god of Hinduism
Who is Brahman?
200
where the winter monsoons come from
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
200
both the Mayas and the Indians have been credited with this accomplishment
What is developing the concept of zero?
300
spiritual leader
What is a guru?
300
the holiest place for Hindus
What is the Ganges River?
300
the body of water at the southern tip of India
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
the Gupta's discovered that earth's rotation creates this
What is night and day?
400
seasonal winds
What are monsoons?
400
Hinduism spread because of their acceptance of all gods and this
What is it does not require regular attendance at religious services?
400
Harappa, along with this other city were the two largest cities in the Indus River civilization
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
400
the Guptas wrote these short stories that have lessons in them
What are fables?
500
people under one's rule
What are subjects?
500
gurus created these so that Hindus did not need the Brahmins in order to worship
What are the Upanishads?
500
the summer monsoons come off of this
What is the Arabian Sea?
500
the Guptas invented this game that had pieces that represented the Indian army
What is chess?
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