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Vocabulary
Origins of Hinduism
Buddhism and India's Golden Age
The Legacy of Indian Mathematics
Geography and Indian life
100
a subcontinent
What is a large landmass that is part of a continent but is considered a separate region?
100
nomads
Most Indo- Europeans were what
100
the ''enlightened one''
What is the nickname for the Buddha
100
They were brought to the West by the Aryans
Who did the numerals 1-9 come from
100
a rainy and a dry season
What two distinct seasons does India have
200
Kalidasa
Who was India's greatest writer
200
Indo- Europeans
Around 2000 b.c. something drove out who
200
the practice of nonviolence
What is ahimsa
200
Hindu- Arabic numerals
What were these numerals 1-9 called
200
monsoons
What are seasonal wind systems called
300
Hindu Kush
What is the mountain range northwest of India?
300
Ganges River
What is the river by the Himalayas
300
at 29
When did the Buddha see old age and illness
300
the decimal system
What is the number system that originated from India called today
300
surrounded them with heavy brick walls
What did the architects do when they build planned cities
400
a planned city
What is a city built according to design
400
a social class someone belongs to by birth
What is a caste system
400
when you have reached the end of suffering
What is nirvana
400
30 feet
The planned cities grid system were as wide as how many feet
500
The Harappan civilization
What is the empire that formed along the Indus River
500
The Vaisya
What were the bakers, farmers, and merchant called caste wise
500
Chandragupta
Who controlled his empire by using spies and a army
500
1,400 years
In India the use of 0 goes back how many years
500
word, sounds, or both
Scholars think that pictographs might stand for what