Geography
The mountain range to the north of India.
The Himalayas
The top of the social order in the caste stsyem.
Priests
The main tenants of Buddhism.
Four Noble Truths
The name of the system of social hierarchy in Indian civilizations.
The Caste System
The two main rivers in India.
the Indus River and the Ganges River
The religion Asoka converted to that changed his outlook on the world.
Buddhism
This religion divided people into strict groups based on their social standing and wealth.
Hinduism
The system of good and bad choices that helps determine how one will be reincarnated according to the Hindu religion.
Karma
The country of origin for both Hinduism and Buddhism.
India
The founder of Buddhism.
Sidharta Gautama
The eightfold path belongs to this religion.
Buddhism
The study of stars and planets.
Astronomy
The physical features that separate India from the rest of Asia.
Mountains
Leader of the Mauryan Empire who met Alexander the Great.
Chandragupta Mauryan
The religious texts beloning to Hinduism.
Vedas
The people who's job it was to travel the world and spread their religious beliefs.
Missionaries
The reasons civilizations settle along rivers.
Easy access to food and water as well as easy irrigation for farming.
The Aryan people followed this version of leadership which was different from the Harappan model of one all powerful ruler.
They had power divided among groupd of people with no one person at the top.
The "universal soul" all members of Hinduism and Buddhism are trying to reach.
Brahmin
The name for a large "almost continent" connected to a larger land mass.
Sub-continent