Ancient India

Because of its large size and its position in relation to large masses of land and water, India is called a ______.

The location of the Himalaya Mountains has benefited India by providing ______ from enemies.

The Indus and Ganges rivers are similar to the Nile River in Egypt because they carry ______ that enriches the soil.

Harappan civilization, which included ancient Mohenjodaro, developed in the ______ River valley.

Modern scholars learned that Mohenjodaro had existed because archaeologists found its ______.

The discovery of a scale, stone weights, and a marked rod suggests that the people of Mohenjodaro had uniform ways to ______.

A sewer ______ was a feature of Mohenjodaro that was quite different from other settlements of that time.

The best reason for someone in India to study Sanskrit is to read the ancient ______.

Untouchables were excluded from other Indians because they did work others considered ______.

The name “Buddha” meant one who was ______.

Buddhism taught people to move toward the goal of reaching ______.

Aging, sickness, and ______ troubled the Buddha on his first few trips out into the world.

The Buddha decided to follow a 'middle way' because neither riches nor being an ascetic led to ______.

Chandragupta Maurya began building his empire by conquering neighboring ______.

Ashoka expanded the Mauryan Empire until he gave up ______.

Treating all of his servants well best expressed Ashoka’s Buddhist ______.

Well-built ______ of the Gupta Empire most encouraged long-distance trade.

Individuals in the Gupta Empire learned to question patients, make cures from bark and roots, and stitch up wounds by studying ______ at a university.

The images of Gupta kings on coins show that the empire had people who were skilled in working with ______.

Fine ______ found by an archaeologist would be evidence of a golden age.

Complex buildings were constructed by people who were skilled ______.

Stone, wood, bronze, and terra-cotta clay were important to the creation of ______ in the Gupta Empire.

Wells were constructed along trade routes so travelers could cook and ______.

[Blank] came to modern arithmetic from ancient India by way of the Arabs.

Puranas, Mahabharata, and Bhagavad Gita are works of Sanskrit ______.