India Civilization Review

4. an archaeological site in the ancient Indus valley.
6. This Indian Empire connected India to the rest of the world by using the Silk Road to trade.
7. Empire which existed from approximately 320 to 550 CE and was a model of a classical civilization.
10. Lowest class in Indian Society
13. An archaeological site built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Had a giant bathtub.
14. Seasonal winds in India's climate
18. Advancements of the Gupta Dynasty included surgery, inoculations, classifying diseases and medicinal plants
20. Around 1500 BC a group of nomadic people described as Indo-Europeans emerged
21. The commoner class mostly merchants or farmers
23. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro are known for having the first _____-like patterns in ancient history (like city-blocks!)
24. A written language developed around 1,000 BC by Aryans. They wrote down legends, and religious chants.

1. the concept of ___ was a mathematical contribution of the Gupta Dynasty
2. A person sent on a religious mission, such as people who spread Buddhism into China
3. Rigid social categories that determine each person's position in Indian society.
5. A time of peace, prosperity, and happiness; in India, it was the time of the Gupta Empire
8. Landmass that is smaller than a continent
9. One of the first historical empires in ancient India from 322 to 185 BCE.
11. The top of position in social scale of India. Usually in charge of religious ceremonies
12. A mountain pass of great strategic and commercial value in the Hindu Kush and a route invaders entered India
15. Largest population of Indians. Most were peasants or worked in manual labor, They have limited rights in the society
16. The warrior class, Sometimes families from other Varnas were allowed into this class
17. The sacred river of the Hindus
19. The river than was the site of an early Indian civilizations
22. An Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent