Indo-European Migrations
How many Vedas are there?
four
According to India's social structure, people called brahmins were
priests
As in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and other lands, religious values in India _______.
larger society
Excavations at Mohenjo Daro show that it was
a thriving economic center
Aryans are
Indo-Europeans
What term means wisdom or knowledge
veda
according to India's social structure, people called shrudas were
landless peasants and surfs
Brahmins were
Priests, otherwise known as the spiritual and intellectual leaders of the society.
Who developed the first accurate measurements and weights?
Harappans
Professionals maintained shops along Mojenjo Daro streets.
true
After 1000 BCE they began to settle in the area between the Himalayan foothills and the __________ River.
Ganges River
According to India's social structure, people call kshatriyas
warriors and aristocrats
Which language did Aryans write their poems and hymns?
Sankskrit
The Sudra were
commoners, peasants, servants.
The Word Aryan Means
noble, superior
They directed the affairs of small ______- states governed by representatives of the citizens.
republic states
only males could_____, unless a family had no male heirs, and only men could preside over family rituals that honored departed ancestors
inherit property
The God of creation was
Brahma
Who were the Aryans
People who moved into India from Central Asia.
Kshatriyas were
Warriors
An ancient language of India used by Aryans for everyday communication, was called
prakrit
Thus, like Mesopotamia, Egyptian, and other early agricultural societies, ______ constructed and maintained a deeply patriarchal social order.
Vedic India
Collection of writings from the Aryans were called
Vedas
The God of preservation was
Vishnu
The Aryan religion was
A Polytheistic religion.