Ancient India

Technology

100

Mohenjo-Daro is considered an advanced city because archaeologists have discovered what in many of the houses?

Plumbing

200

What is one game invented in Ancient India?

Chess

Snakes and Ladders

300

What tool used for measuring was invented in Ancient India?

Ruler

400

What large container held grain?

Granary

Religion

100

What religion, still in existence today, is practiced in India?

Hinduism 

200

What is the belief that the soul does not die, but instead is born again?

Reincarnation 

300

What is the belief that a persons actions effect the future for that person? (good or bad future)

Karma

400

Who is considered the all seeing, supreme god?

Brahma

Daily Life

100

What language was spoken in Ancient India?

Sanskrit

200

What animal did the Vedic people trade and also determined ones wealth?

Cattle

300

What religious books were created in Ancient India and used to determine many life choices?

Vedas

400

Since much of Ancient India is a mystery, how do we know the diet of the people from this time period?

Archaeologist found trash with remains of the different crops.