The Eastern World: India
True
"Truth of pain" was one of the Four Noble Truths of Buddha.
west
Arabian Sea
east
Bay of Bengal & Burma
Aryan
Between 1500 to 900 B.C., India was invaded by people from the Caucasus area near the Black and Caspian seas. These people were:
Mauryan
From 321 B.C. to 185 B.C., the dynasty which ruled India was the ________ dynasty.
northeast
Himilayan mountains & Nepal
True
Hinduism is a development of the thought of the Vedas and Upanishads.
south
Indian Ocean
northwest
Kithar and Sulaiman ranges
1. written script 2. standard weights 3. metallurgy 4. manufacturing 5. agriculture
Select all of the trappings of civilization found among the Indus people:
caste system
The Indo-Aryans developed a system that still exists today, called the:
Harappa
The chief cities of the Indus civilization were Mohenjo-Daro and:
Sanskrit
The language of ancient India is called:
Vedas
The oldest Sanskrit literature were the:
1. Ganges River 2. Krishna River 3. Narbada River
Three rivers of India are:
theosophy
any religious system claiming to have insight into the divine nature through spiritual self-development
subcontinent
large land mass that is still smaller than a continent
ascetic
person who denies himself pleasures and comforts
rajah
ruler or chief in India
deify
to make a god of; to worship as a god