Buddhism became popular in part because it did not support the caste system.
Women in early India were usually educated at home.
In India’s leading families, boys from the leading families often had a guru teach them until they
attended school in the city.
King Ashoka, leader of the Mauryan Empire, eventually rejected violence and embraced Buddhism.
The ancient Hindus played musical instruments such as flutes.
Followers of Mahayana Buddhism believed that the Eightfold Path is too difficult for most people to
follow.
People in the Indus Valley often used cotton when trading.
The dry highlands found in central India are known as the Deccan Plateau.
This Indian leader Chandra Gupta Maurya conquered weak kingdoms left by Alexander the Great.
“Life is full of suffering” is one of the Four Noble Truths.
The caste system emerged under the rule of the Aryans and determined a person’s job, social group,
and marriage in early India.
People who practice the religion Buddhism believe that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire.
Early Indian men had more rights than woman.
During the summer monsoon winds bring pouring rains to India.
As the Aryans settled in India, many of them began to build towns along the Ganges River.
The belief that people pass through many lives is called reincarnation.
The Upanishads is a series of ancient texts that describes the search for Brahman?
Vishnu is a Hindu deity known as “the Preserver”.
Indian astronomers proposed the theory that the Earth revolved around the sun.
The Mahabharata is the longest poem written in any language.
India’s ancient people relied on three major rivers for farming, transportation, and trade.
Ahimsa is a key value of Jainism.
The Bhagavad Gita is the section of the Mahabharata where Krishna talks about doing one’s duty.
Even today, many Indian marriages are arranged.
The Mohenjo-Daro was a major city of the Indus Valley people.
Explaining the idea of infinity was an important contribution of Indian mathematicians during the Gupta
period.
