Geography
One of the world's first civilizations created the first sewer system near this river.
What is the Indus River?
Siddhartha Gautama is, according to legend, the original name of this religious figure.
Who is the Buddha?
This now-banned system is the system whereby priests would stay priests and toilet cleaners would stay toilet cleaners for their whole lives.
What is the caste system?
There has been a lot of tension on the border since the British partitioned these two countries in 1947.
What are India and Pakistan?
India might not have been able to achieve its nonviolent revolution without the aid of this famous leader.
Who is Gandhi?
One reason India has remained safe throughout history is that it's north is protected by these tall mountains.
What are the Himalayas?
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A key aspect of this religion is that all gods are real.
What is Hinduism?
When the Indo-Aryans arrived at the Ganges river they began writing poetry called this.
What are vedas?
This ancient weapon pulled by horses is still used today in New Year celebrations in Nepal.
What is a chariot?
This is what it's called when people protest something by refusing to buy products from it.
What is a boycott?
A reason historians think the Indo-Aryan peoples are related to the first Europeans is because they both spoke variations of this ancient language.
What is Sanskrit?
This is the word for the good and bad deeds done by a person.
What is karma?
This great king of the Mauryans is famous for religious tolerance and the idea that a king's duty is to rule his people well.
Who is Asoka?
This country, formerly East Pakistan, won its own independence in 1979.
What is Bangladesh?
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The decline of the Mughal Empire left India vulnerable to invasion from this European country.
What is Britain?
This island nation to the southeast of India only recently ended a civil war of its own when a section of the Tamil speaking Hindus finally made peace.
What is Sri Lanka?
Both Hinduism and Buddhism share this belief, that people are born again in new bodies after they die.
What is reincarnation?
This Muslim dominated Indian kingdom built the Taj Mahal.
What is the Mughal Empire?
In the 1980s both the United States and Soviet Union started fighting in this country, and began training a young Osama bin Laden.
What is Afghanistan?
Gandhi's principles of nonviolence and secularism are still carried on by this Indian political party he helped found.
Who are the Indian National Congress?
China is paying a great deal of money to build a railroad through Pakistan that would be able to carry goods down to ships in this sea.
What is the Arabian Sea?
This Hindu idea of nonviolence was later used by Gandhi in the struggle against British imperialism.
What is Ahimsa?
The beginnings of European Colonialism were not with the British crown but this company.
What is the British East India Company?
Tensions are still high in the north of India as they, Pakistan, and China fight over this region.
What is Kashmir?
This group of religious extremists still hide in the mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Who are the Taliban?