Lesson 25: Harappan Civilization
A large, public pool that was used for ceremonial washing.
What is a bath?
The main religion in India; one of the oldest and largest religions in the world.
What is Hinduism?
Siddartha Gautama, the creator and teacher of the Buddhist religion.
Who is Buddha?
The ancient linguist and scholar who wrote Astadhyayi.
Who was Panini?
The founder of the Mauryan Empire who removed Dhana Nanda from power and expanded ancient Indian territory.
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
The largest Harappan city and home to The Great Bath.
What is Mohenjo Daro?
The Hindu system that breaks people up according to the dharma and creates a strict social structure.
What is caste system?
Enlightenment in the Buddhist religion.
What is nirvana?
Ancient languages spoken by the native Indian populations prior to Aryan arrival.
What are Dravidian languages?
The kingdom that stood up to Ashoka.
What was Kalinga?
The Harappans were considered technologically advanced because they were one of the first civilizations to have this inside their home.
What is a toilet?
These are the holy books of Hinduism. They are written in Sanskrit.
What are Vedas?
According to the Buddha, accepting this and following this is the way to enlightenment.
What are the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path?
This Hindu caste still uses Sanskrit today.
Who is the Brahmin?
An ancient Indian philosopher who helped Chandragupta remove Dhana Nanda from power and wrote a book used by Chandragupta and Ashoka on how to rule an empire.
Who was Chanakya?
This was one of the main rivers that the Harappans used for irrigation and travel.
What was the Indus River?
I am also called this because I belong to the Dalits caste.
What is untouchable?
This means that a religion has more than one god.
What is polytheistic?
Sanskrit originated from this branch of the Indo-European language family.
What is Indo-Iranian?
These were the 16 great kingdoms of ancient India.
What were the Mahajanapadas?
The Harappans created very organized cities with complicated water and sewer systems. This means they were skilled at this.
What is urban design?
This is the belief that what a person does and how they act in this life will determine how they will be reborn in the next.
What is karma?
This means that a religion believes in one one god.
What is monotheistic?
English originated from this Indo-European family.
What is Germanic?
This was the time period between the Indus River Valley civilization and the beginnings of the Mahajanapadas.
What was the Vedic Period?