India

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

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

In ancient India, marriages were arranged by parents.

Great examples of Aryan architecture.

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

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

___ 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.

Type of writing developed by the Aryans.

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

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

Name of the mountain range to the north of India.

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

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

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

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

Teachers in ancient India were called...

Second varna that was made of warriors.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The holy book for the Aryans was named...

One of the main gods known as the Preserver.

Book that consists of over 90,000 stanzas.

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

It was the basic unit of the Aryan family.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Founder of Buddhism.

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

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

Main god for the Hindu, the Creator.

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

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

Where is the highest mountain in the world located?

Holy book for the Aryans.