Indus Valley Civilization
The Indus River starts in this mountain range, the largest on Earth.
Himalayas
The Vedic Age is named after these texts, which later became holy texts in Hinduism.
Vedas
He was the first emperor of the Maurya Empire.
Chandragupta Maurya
Indus Valley Civilization farmers used this to manage their water supply for farming.
Irrigation
Originally thought to be warlike invaders, sources suggest that the Indo-Aryans lived this kind of lifestyle and migrated into India over hundreds of years.
Herding
Fearful of rebellion, Chandragupta used these people to keep an eye on his subjects.
Spies
Indus Valley cities had wide, straight streets that were laid out in this kind of pattern.
Grid Pattern
Indo-Aryan society was organized into four main groups based on people’s jobs that they were assigned at birth. This is still an important belief of Hinduism today.
Caste System
The Maurya Empire was the first empire to control all of this area of India.
Northern India
The Indus Valley Civilization was the first civilization to have these in people’s homes. They were connected to sewers that ran under the streets.
Toilets
Eventually the Indo-Aryans gave up their original lifestyle and adopted this one instead, probably as they mixed with native Indian people.
Farming
Chandragupta used this to help him rule his empire. It is a system of officials that carry out government rules and regulations.
Bureaucracy
The symbols found on carved seals in Indus Valley ruins prove that, like Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley Civilization had one of these. Unfortunately, we have not yet been able to translate it.
Writing System
Sanskrit was the original language of the Indo-Aryans. It is related to Hindi, and even to English, but not to this southern Indian language.
Tamil or Telugu
Chandragupta’s closest advisor, he believed that the main responsibility of a king was to protect his subjects.
Kautilya