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India
Ancient River Civilizations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Harappan Civilization | Indus River Valley |
| Planned Cities | Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro |
| Declined | Due to Natural Disaster |
| Aryans | Indo-Europeans |
| Migrated | Through Khyber Pass of Hindu Kush Mts. |
| Dominate | Native Dravidians |
| Introduce: | Caste System Vedas (Holy Books) Sanskrit (language) |
| Indian Subcontinent | Isolated by Mts. Hindu Kush in West Himalayas in East |
| River Systems | Indus & Ganges |
| Monsoons | Seasonal Winds bring rains |
| Hinduism | Aryan Influences Caste System |
| Belief in Reincarnation | Role of Karma |
| Holy Books | Vedas (Brought by Aryans) Upanishads |
| Spread along trade routes | To other parts of Asia |
| Dominant Religion | of India Today (Hinduism) |
| Buddhism | Siddhartha Guatama |
| Founded | In area of present- day Nepal |
| Religious Ways | Four Noble Truths Eight-Fold Path |
| Emperor Asoka | Converts & Spreads through Missionaries |
| Mauryan Empire | Politically unifies India Spread of Buddhism Free Hospitals |
| Greatest leader | Asoka |
| Gupta Empire | "Golden Age" |
| Mathematics | Zero Decimals |
| Medical Advances | Set bones |
| Literature | Mahabharata Ramayana |