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india
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a subcontinent | a large, distinguishable part of a continent, such as North America or southern Africa. |
| what is mount everest | Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas |
| what is the monsoon season | a seasonal shift in the prevailing wind direction |
| what is the Indo-Ganges plains | a 630-million-acre (2.5-million km2) fertile plain encompassing Northern regions of the Indian subcontinent |
| what is subsistence farming | A Form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family, |
| what is the Indus River Valley | a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia |
| what is the Deccan plateau | a large plateau in western and southern India. It rises to 100 metres in the north |
| what is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro | Mohenjo-daro is reputed to signify “the mound of the dead.” The archaeological importance of the site was first recognized in 1922, one year after the discovery of Harappa. |
| what is a sanskrit | an ancient Indo-European language of India, in which the Hindu scriptures and classical Indian epic poems are written and from which many northern Indian (Indic) languages are derived |
| what is vedas | the most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit and containing hymns, philosophy, and guidance on ritual for the priests of Vedic religion. |
| what is brahmins | the ultimate reality underlying all phenomena. |
| what is sudras | a member of the worker caste, lowest of the four Hindu castes. |
| who is Cyrus IIm | conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire |
| what is darius II | king of the Persian Empire from 423 BC to 404 or 405 BC. |
| what is ashoka | an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty |
| what is Hinduism | a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, which developed from Vedic religion. |
| what is the rig veda | an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns along with associated commentaries on liturgy, |
| who is brahma | a creator god in Hinduism. He is also known as Svayambhu (self-born) or the creative aspect of Vishnu, |
| what is reincarnation | the rebirth of a soul in a new body. |
| what is a caste | each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status. |
| what is Buddhism | a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century BC. |
| what is the Buddha | philosopher and teacher on whose teachings Buddhism was founded |
| who is bodh gaya | a village in the northeast Indian state of Bihar. |
| what is enlightenment | a 1784 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant. |
| what is the four noble truths | the four central beliefs containing the essence of Buddhist teaching. |
| what is the eightfold path | the path to nirvana, comprising eight aspects in which an aspirant must become practiced: right views, intention, speech, action, livelihood, effort, mindfulness, and concentration. |
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