Ancient India

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Scared river for Hindus; flows from the Himalayas east to the Bay of Bengal.

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Ganges

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Mountain range extending 1,500 miles along the border between India and Tibet; contains the world's highest mountain-Mt. Everest.

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Himalayas

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Aryan

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Normadic invaders around 1,500 B.C.; brought Sanskrit and spread Hinduism.

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Harappa

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Indus River civilization @ 2,000 B.C.; advanced with complex cities with plumbing, trade networks, weights and measures and established Hinduism.

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Location of the first civilizations in the area of India. Located along the Indus River it was home to the early cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. Know for having rich soil to grow crops.

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Indus River Valley

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Flows from Tibet through northern India then Southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.

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Indus

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The number of people living in a specific measurable area. E.G. 100 people per square mile.

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Population Density

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Indo-European

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A type of language family, or group of similar language.

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The first written language in India. The sacred language of Hinduism.

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Sanskrit

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Vedas

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Ancient collection of sacred early Hindu writings.