6th BJU: Ancient India Terms 5.1

British archaeologist who discovered and helped excavate Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley in the 1920s.

• Sir John Marshall

• Jean-Francois Champollion

• Adolf Hitler

• Hammurabi

A city of one of the first civilizations in the Indus Valley; the sister city of Mohenjo-Daro.

• Indus

• Himalaya

• Harappa

• Pakistan

A city of one of the first civilizations in the Indus Valley; the sister city of Harappa.

• Daro-Daro

• New Delhi

• Sri Lanka

• Mohenjo-Daro

People who settled in the Indus Valley & established the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

• Egyptian Civilization

• Harappan Civilization

• Daro Civilization

• Mohenjo Civilization

A picture or symbol used in early writing to represent a word, group of words, or an idea.

• hieroglyphs

• pictograph

• carving

• etching

A peninsula in southern Asia that extends into the Indian Ocean, separated from neighboring countries by the Himalaya Mountains.

• Indian subcontinent

• Asia Minor

• Indian Harappa

• Asia subcontinent

A scholar who studies languages.

• languist

• translator

• linguist

• interpreter

A group of languages spoken by people of Europe and parts of Asia.

• Asian-European

• Indo-Asian

• European

• Indo-European

Nomads believed to have moved into the Indus Valley around 1500 BC; conquered the people of northwestern India.

• Chinese

• Vikings

• Aryans

• Kush

A chief, prince, or ruler in India.

• emperor

• raja

• king

• brahman