India

Since man was the main authority, the Aryan family was...

The Aryans developed their first writing system based on their language by 1000 B.C. It was called...

Social rigid categories that determined a person’s occupation and economic potential in ancient India.

It is a seasonal wind pattern in souther Asia. It produces rain in summer and dry winds in winter.

Main god for the Hindu, the Creator.

Doctrine that appeared in northern India and soon became a rival of Hinduism.

The concept of karma is ruled by the ..., or the divine law or duty.

Where is the highest mountain in the world located?

Second varna that was made of warriors.

The Romans knew China as ___, which means “Land of Silk.”

Name of the mountain range to the north of India.

Third-ranked varna in Indian society. They were merchants.

Under ___, who reigned from 375 to 415, the Gupta Empire created a new age of Indian culture.

The Silk Road reached from the city of ___ in China across central Asia to Mesopotamia.

Teachers in ancient India were called...

Most of that trade was between the Roman Empire and China. It was shipped along the route known as the ___.

Great examples of Aryan architecture.

A method of training designed to lead to a union with Brahman.

The new Indian state was founded by ___, who ruled from 324 to 301 B.C.

Much of their wealth came from religious trade as ___ (people who travel to religious places.)

Book that consists of over 90,000 stanzas.

The holy book for the Aryans was named...

Chandragupta drove out the foreign forces and established the capital of a new Mauryan Empire in northern India at ___.

They way to end desire is to follow the...

In India, as in Egytp, women could get a divorce.

What did the ancient peoples use to build their houses in India?

Founder of Buddhism.

At the lowest level of Indian society -and not even considered humans- were the...

Achieving wisdom is a key step to achieving ___, or ultimate reality, the reunion with the Great World Soul.

The basis of the ancient civilziations in India was based on...

It was the basic unit of the Aryan family.

The word to refer to the groups in the caste system was...

Numeral system that was created by the Aryans and transmitted by the Arabs.

It can be defined as the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how a person will be reborn.

Holy book for the Aryans.

The greatness of Indian culture was reported by a Chinese traveler, ___ who spent many years there in the fifth century.

It is the belief that the individual soul is reborn in a different form after death.

___ was a deadly ritual where a widow had to die after her husband by joining him of a fire pyre.

These are the two main rivers in India.

In ancient India, marriages were arranged by parents.

Type of writing developed by the Aryans.

Religion that had its origins in the religious beliefs of the Aryan peoples who settled in India after 1500 B.C.

One of the main gods known as the Preserver.

Chandragupta’s grandson who is considered the greatest ruler in Indian history.

Name of the peoples that arrived to India. They settled in the Deccan Plateau and controlled the land.

In the fifth century A.D., invasions by nomadic ___ from the northwest gradually reduced the power of the Gupta empire.

First two cities that developed between 3000 B.C. and 1500 B.C. in India

According to Buddha, to achieve nirvana we have to know the...

Between 1500 and 400 B.C., India had their leaders, known as ___, who carved out small states.

Members of the priestly class in ancient India, the highest in the social pyramid.