Geography
Monsoons
What are winds that bring seasonal rain?
Algebra
What concept of math did the Indians understand?
Reincarnation
What is the rebirth of a soul?
Nature
Where did the Indo-Aryans draw their gods from?
Harappa and Mohenjo Daro
What were the two ancient cities?
The Himalayas and the Hindu Kush
What are the two mountain ranges that separate India from Asia?
Inoculation
What kept you from getting a more serious disease?
Yoga
What are mental and physical exercises?
War
What meant “looking for more cows?”
Flood or Earthquake
What were the possible reasons for disappearance of the ancient cities?
Deccan Plateau
What is the largest plateau in South India?
Spinal cord, Bone setting, Plastic surgery
What are importances that were discovered in medicine?
Cows
What animal is protected by law and considered sacred?
“That One”
Who was the one supreme being?
Caste System
What is the Indian class system?
What are the two great rivers in India?
Panchatantra
What are Indian fables?
Siddhartha Gautama
What is Buddha’s real name?
Arranged by parents, by purchase, by capture
Suttee
What was women committing suicide called?
Indo-Gangetic Plain
What is the region in India that has temperatures that can reach 120+ degrees?
Nalanda
What was the Buddhist university?
Nirvana
What is perfect peace in Hinduism?
Earth
Sky
What parts of nature were symbols of mother and father?
Pariahs
Who were the “untouchables?”