Places
This river runs past the Indus Civilization.
What is the Indus River?
This is the destroyer-god.
Who is Shiva?
This religion believed in a caste system.
What is Hinduism?
The Harappan Civilization arose in this year.
When is 2600 BC?
This is what reincarnation means.
What is being reborn into the body of another person?
This famous mountain range is northwest of India.
What are the Himalayas?
This is the creator-god.
Who is Brahma?
This religion is non-theistic.
What is Jainism?
A people group migrated from modern-day Iran to India in this year.
When is 1500 BC?
This is the highest level on the caste system.
What are the Brahmin.
This desert sits just below the Indus River.
What is the Thar Desert?
This ruler converted to Buddhism and promoted religious liberty.
Who is Ashoka?
This religion emphasized reaching nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
Chandragupta began his conquest in this year.
What is 500 BC?
The word veda could properly be translated into English as this.
What is "knowledge" or "wisdom"?
This mountain range sits to the northwest of the Indus River.
What is the Hindu-Kush?
After Alexander the Great turned back, this leader conquered the whole of the Indian subcontinent.
Who is Chandragupta?
This religion believes in the 4 Noble Truths.
What is Buddhism?
These 2 religions began around 500 BC.
What are Buddhism and Jainism?
This person founded Buddhism.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
This city was established by Chandragupta as the capital of the Mauryan Empire.
What is Pataliputra?
This advisor gave Chandragupta his reputation as a spy and an authoritarian.
Who is Chanakya?
This type of Buddhist believes Buddha was a god.
What is Mahayana Buddhism?
The Gupta Empire weakened in this year.
When is 700 AD?
This text is about Arjuna and Krishna discussing the ethics of war.
What is the Bhagavad Gita?