First created by the Ancient Indians through the use of asphalt and pipes, which helped to improve health and hygiene.
What is indoor plumbing?
100
The rebirth of a soul in another body.
What is Reincarnation?
100
The practice of non-violence.
What is ahimsa?
100
Social Class system based on the belief that all people are not created equal.
What is the Caste System?
200
The two rivers that Ancient Indian civilizations started near.
What is the Indus River and Saraswati River?
200
Contributions to Mathematics. ( Name at least 2)
What are the numeral system, decimal system, pi, and zero?
200
The consequence of the way that people choose to live their life.
What is karma?
200
Siddartha Gautama, a Hindu Prince who gave up his wealth and position to understand the meaning of life. Also known as "the enlightened one".
Who is the Buddha?
200
Considered so dirty and low, they do not even belong in a social caste.
Who are the untouchables?
300
The two mountain ranges that are to the North of the Indian subcontinent.
What are the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush?
300
A man known for his building of rest houses, hospitals, digging wells, and the planting of trees near main roads. He also expanded the empire through warfare before ruling by Buddhist teachings.
Who was Asoka?
300
The Universal Spirit
What is Brahman?
300
People suffer because their minds are not at ease.
That condition comes from wanting what one doesn’t have or from wanting life to be different.
People can stop suffering by not wanting.
People can stop wanting by following the Eightfold Path.
What are the 4 Noble Truths?
300
What caused the end of the Harappan Civilization?
The drying up of the Saraswati River or being conquered by the Aryans
400
A large land mass that is part of a continent, but is considered independent. It is either separated geographically or politically.
What is a subcontinent?
400
The language in which most Ancient Indian poems and literature was written in.
What is Sanskrit?
400
One's duties within society.
What is dharma?
400
Having the right: Opinions, desires, speech, actions, job, effort, concentration, meditation.
What is the 8-fold path?
400
How did Indian culture and beliefs spread to other civilizations?
Through trade.
500
A large, planned city in Ancient India.
What is Mohenjo-Daro?
500
Contributions to astronomy.
Discovery that the Earth spins on its axis, causing day and night.