India Flashcards
(10 cards)
Who/what were they?
Nomadic herders
What mountains were in northern India?
The Himalayas
What was west of Himalayas?
A desert
What was most of India’s landscape?
fertile plains and rugged plateaus
Where did the first Indian civilization settle?
In the valley of the Indus river
What was the climate like?
Hot and humid most of the time with monsoons which are seasonal wind patterns that cause wet and dry seasons
What was some technology and innovation of India?
they had bathrooms, indoor plumbing they invented metal allergy, which is metal working science I had math with some symbols that are still used today and they invented the number zero they also had inoculation, which is basically vaccination
aryans lived in small communities with no single ruler
What is Sanskrit?
One of the first Indian languages it was only spoken at first, and it’s the root of many south Asian languages
