Archaeologists in India have discovered that between 8000 and 5000 B.C.E.,
cultivators built a neolithic society west of the Indus River
The earliest known urban society in India was the
Harappan
Chickens were first domesticated in
India
Mohenjo-Daro was
one of the two main cities of the Harappan Society.
Based on archaeological evidence from early Indian history, historians believe that
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro served as economic and political centers.
Evidence relating to trade indicates that Harappan India
traded with Mesopotamia
Which statement about Harappan society is FALSE?
Their writings have provided a wealth of information for historians.
One of the biggest reasons for the decline of the Harappan society was most likely
ecological degradation
The Aryans
were Indo-Europeans
The Aryans referred to social classes by the term
varnas
Which of the following social classes in the caste system is associated with warriors and aristocrats?
kshatriyas
The task of butchering animals or handling dead bodies usually fell to the
untouchables
Which of the following answers reflects the early varna hierarchy from highest to lowest?
brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas, shudras
A jati is
a subcaste
When a Hindu widow voluntarily threw herself on her dead husband's funeral pyre it was known as
sati
In Hinduism the highest goal of the individual soul was to
escape the cycle of birth and rebirth and enter into permanent union with Brahman.
This passage from the Upanishads explains what Hindu concept? "Now as a man is like this or like that, according as he behaves, so will he be: a man of good acts will become good, a man of bad acts, bad."
karma
