Lesson 13: Geography and Early Settlement of Ancient India
This landform is bordered by the Eastern and Western Ghats.
What is the Deccan Plateau?
The upper level of Mohenjodaro included a raised structure called this.
What is a citadel?
This is a command that is obeyed like a law.
What is an edict?
Metalworkers in this period were especially skilled at working with this metal.
What is iron?
The Brahmaputra River grows in size during the summer as a result of this weather phenomena.
What is a monsoon?
Plains along this river have some of the most fertile farmland in India.
What is the Ganges?
Archaeologists think that a game board and pieces found here may be an early version of this game.
What is chess?
After a bloody battle, King Ashoka decided to become vegetarian and practice nonviolence. He converted to this religion.
What is Buddhism?
Long-distance trade was most encouraged with this achievement of the Gupta Empire.
What is the construction of roads?
Chandragupta Maurya constructed a "royal road" that was this many miles long.
What is 1,000 miles?
The Khyber Pass allows people to more easily move through this mountain range.
What is the Hindu Kush?
Mohenjodaro is most well known for its advanced this, which enabled all citizens to have bathrooms in their homes.
What is a sewer system?
Who is Ashoka?
Fine sculptures, advanced mathematics, and impressive architecture may all be evidence of this in a society.
What is a golden age?
A major university at this site included a hospital, 8 colleges, and 3 libraries.
What is Nalanda?
This mountain range contains some of the tallest mountains in the world and forms a natural border between India and the rest of Asia.
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
Marked rods, scales, and weights suggest that the people of Mohenjodaro had standard ways to do this.
What is measure goods?
The Mauryan Empire was successful in spreading Buddhism as far as this modern country by converting the king.
What is Sri Lanka?
This feature of modern mathematics was introduced in Ancient India.
What is zero
The Gupta Empire was divided into these smaller regions, each ruled by a royal governor.
What are provinces?
What is water?
The Indus Valley Civilization, which included Mohenjodaro, is sometimes called by this name.
What is the Harappan Civilization?
Ashoka's edicts focused on four things: Buddhist Values, General Welfare, Security, and this.
What is justice?
Beautiful paintings and sculptures decorate the ancient Buddhist monastery located in these caves.
What are the Ajanta caves?
Hundreds of clay seals have been found throughout Mohenjodaro. These seals were often carved with these symbols that stand for objects.
What are pictographs?