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The first civilization in India.
What is the Indus Valley Civilization?
100
He founded the Gupta dynasty?
Who was Chandra Gupta?
100
One of the two great cities of the Indus valley civilization.
What is Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro?
100
The rebirth of the soul.
What is reincarnation?
100
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
200
They are the laborers in the caste system.
What are the Shudras?
200
Emperor who ruled by moral example.
Who is Asoka?
200
Dry,triangular plateau in central India.
What is the Deccan plateau?
200
The good and bad deeds that determine whether or not you will be born at a higher level.
What is karma?
200
Along with the Indus river, this river was central to the development of Northern India.
What is the Ganges River?
300
The written language of Hinduism.
What is sanskrit?
300
People forced to perform impure jobs.
Who are the untouchables?
300
Site where 100,000 were believed to have been killed during the time of Asoka.
What is Kalinda?
300
The ultimate goal of Buddhists.
What is Nirvana?
300
The region of India where most people live.
What is the northern plains?
400
This term refers to the practice of non-violence.
What is ahimsa?
400
Playwright who wrote Shakuntala.
Who is Kalidasa?
400
The present day name of the area where the Buddha was a prince.
What is Nepal?
400
The rules that each caste member must obey.
What is dharma?
400
This is the highest of the Himalayas?
What is Mount Everest?
500
System where the eldest man is the head of the household.
What is patriarchal?
500
This Chinese Buddhist monk traveled to India to visit sacred sites.
Who is Faxian?
500
One of Buddhism's most sacred places, a temple was built at this location where the Buddha was said to have sat under a tree and meditated.
What is Bodh Gaya?
500
Ravan is one of villains in this Indian epic.
What is the Ramayana?
500
The body of water to the west of India.
What is the Arabian Sea.
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