Ancient India

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  1. 6. a member of a people that have no fixed residence but wander from place to place
  2. 8. the science and technology of metals
  3. 9. Located in the Himalayan Mountain Range, this is the tallest mountain on Earth.
  4. 11. India's most important river - it flows across northern India.
  5. 13. a substance composed of two or more metals or of a metal and a nonmetal united usually by being melted together
  6. 14. an Indian or Malay prince or chief
  7. 16. Buddhist ruler in India who become king in 270 BCE
  8. 17. books of hymns and poems that were the basis for Hinduism - a modern and ancient religion
  9. 18. A major city of the Harappan civilization with homes that had indoor plumbing and natural air conditioning.
  10. 21. a major subdivision of a continent, India is an example
  11. 22. used in ancient India to give people a small dose of a virus to help the body defend against the disease
  12. 24. India's first civilization from around 2600 - 1700 BCE
  13. 25. strong Iron-Age Indian Empire from around 322 - 185 BCE
  14. 26. laws
  15. 27. mathematical system begun in India around 500 CE
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  1. 1. A major trade route to the west of India
  2. 2. soldiers who are hired to work for money
  3. 3. River located in what is now India and Pakistan, this created the fertile plain that was home to the earliest Indian civilizations.
  4. 4. Hindu Empire in India after the Mauryan Empire, from around 375 CE to the mid-500s CE
  5. 5. melting snow, glaciers, and rivers have flooded India for thousands of years creating rich soil deposits allowing for great agricultural farmland
  6. 7. Around 320 BCE this empire united what is now India, Afghanistan and parts of Asia improving trade, farming and standardizing weights and measures.
  7. 10. social divisions
  8. 12. an ancient Indic language that is the classical language of India and of Hinduism
  9. 15. a number we use all of the time, first created by ancient Indians
  10. 18. major rainfall and wind in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia
  11. 19. the triangular or fan-shaped piece of land made by deposits of mud and sand at the mouth of a river
  12. 20. Enormous mountains that stretch 1500 miles along the border of the Indian Subcontinent.
  13. 23. one of the hereditary classes formerly dividing Hindu society