The Eastern World: India

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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


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