| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Dravidians, Indo-Aryans | first to settle in India |
| Indus River Valley: time period? | 2500-1500 BC |
| 2 important CITIES of the Indus River Valley | Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa |
| Two METALS used extensively in Indus River Valley? | Bronze and copper |
| What is a CITADEL? | A strong fortress |
| VEDIC AGE: time period? | 1500-1000 BC |
| What are the VEDAS? | Sacred hymns |
| The LANGUAGE of the Vedic age was: | Sanskrit |
| Another word for PRIESTS: | Brahmins |
| Another word for the PRINCE or KING: | Raja |
| EPIC AGE: time period? | 1000-600 BC |
| The three EPICS that HINDUISM is based on? | Ramayana, Mahabharata, Upanishads |
| The SONG OF THE LORD | Bhagavad Gita |
| Hindu god: CREATOR, born from a LOTUS flower, 4 heads, faces, and arms? | Brahma |
| Hindu god: PRESERVER, usually blue. 4 arms. | Vishnu |
| Hindu god: DESTROYER/RESTORER, 4 arms. | Shiva |
| What is DHARMA? | Moral duty |
| What is KARMA? | Deed, act |
| Who was at the TOP of the SOCIAL HIERARCHY? | Brahmin |
| Who was BELOW the Brahmins in the SOCIAL HIERARCHY? | Warriors |
| Who were BELOW the warriors in the SOCIAL HIERARCHY? | Merchants |
| Who were at the LOWEST point in the SOCIAL HIERARCHY? | Outcastes (the untouchables) |
| In what years did the CASTE SYSTEM become more RIGID? | 600-322 BC |
| MAURYAN AGE: time period? | 322-185 BC |
| Who founded the Mauryan Age? | Chandragupta |
| During the Mauryan Age, what began to be used? | Money, weights, measures |
| What is the name of the Mauryan emperor who sent his son to spread Buddhism in SRI LANKA? | Ashoka |
| ASHOKA: time period? | 286-231 BC |
| What is the BUDDHA's original name? | Siddhartha Gautama |
| What year was the BUDDHA born? | 563 BC |
| What three things BOTHERED the BUDDHA? | Old age, disease, death |
| The YEARS Gautama was the BUDDHA? | 528-486 BC |
| What did the Buddha found? (HINT: a state of eternal bliss, no suffering) | Nirvana |
| The name of the ROAD that connected many popular cities? | Grand Trunk Road |
| GUPTA EMPIRE: time period? (200 years even. BC or AD..?) | 320-520 AD |
| Who FOUNDED the Gupta Empire? 0,1.. | Chandragupta I |
| What ERA is the Gupta Empire referred to as? | The classical era |
| What FLOURISHED in the classical era? | Math and sciences |
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