Ancient India 1
Hinduism is what type of religion?
Polytheistic
What was the name of the major city in the Indus Valley to the North? (not Mohenjo Daro)
Harappa
What is the sacred text of Hinduism?
Vedas
How did they advance literature?
they invented new genres of writing
What is enlightenment
the state of gaining spiritual insight and finding universal truth; the goal of Buddhists
Who started the religion of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama
Himalayan Mountains
How did Harappans build their city streets?
Grid system
The Aryans brought what religion to India?
Hinduism
What religion teaches that wanting items is what causes suffering?
Buddhism
All the people were divided into four social classes called...
the caste system
Who was the highest on the caste system?
Brahmin
Priest and Teachers
Who was 2nd on the caste system?
rulers and warriors
Kshatriyas (sha-ree-yas)
India is on what continent?
Asia
Who is the universal god all gods and goddesses are part of in Hinduism?
(he is blue)
Brahma
These people had no place in society.
Untouchables
What is a caste system?
A fixed social class a person is born into and can't get out of.
If all Hindu rules were followed, a person could be….into a higher caste.
reincarnated
What was their written language called?
Sanskrit
What were the seasonal winds called that impacted the Indus Valley Civilization?
monsoons
the first Indian Empire began when _________ took power from the _______
Chandragupta Maurya...Persians
Who were the Untouchables?
Not part of the social class and had to do impure work/ jobs.
What is Subsistence Farming?
Farming only for your family
What kinds of jobs did the people in the Vaisyas have?
landowners, bankers, and merchants.
What kinds of jobs did the people in the Shudras have?
Farmers, Laborers and slaves