Ancient India Vocabulary

Which ancient city is known as one of the largest Harappan cities?

• Mohenjo-Daro

• Aryan

• Sanskrit

• Vedas

A collection of religious poems, myths, and hymns that influenced Hinduism

• Novels

• Vedas

• Historical records

• Legal documents

A social order that has determined one's place in Indian society

• A type of government

• A language

• Caste System

• A religious belief

A major world religion that developed in India from the Vedas

• The Buddha's teachings

• Hinduism

• Jainism

• Sikhism

The effect a person's actions have on their soul

• It determines one's place in society

• It is a wind pattern

• It influences the climate

• Karma

Nonviolence and respect for living things

• A wind pattern

• Ahimsa

• A language

• A social order

Achieved when one is released from the cycle of rebirth

• Meditation

• Ahimsa

• Nirvana

• Moksha

One's spiritual duties

• Dharma

• Ahimsa

• Meditation

• Nirvana

A state of peace that is free from suffering and desire

• Karma

• Ahimsa

• Nirvana

• Buddhism

A prince who discovered enlightenment

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandra Gupta II

• Ashoka