6th grade World History I, chapter 6 notes.
History Chp. 6 Notes
What are Indus and Ganges?
What was the Harappan Culture?
What is the Thar Desert?
What was the Indus Valley Civilization?
What were Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
What were seals for?
What are Indo-Europeans?
What are Vedas?
Who were the Aryans?
What is Sanskrit?
What is a Caste?
What was Varnas?
What was Brahmin?
What was Kshatriya?
What was Vaisyas?
What was Sudras?
What were Untouchables?
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
What was the Mauryan Empire?
What was Pataliputra?
Who was Ashoka?
What is a Stupa?
Who was Bindusara?
What is surprising about Ashoka’s reign?
What made it possible for Chandragupta Maurya to establish his domain?
What was Kalinga?
What is the Dharma?
What were the Rock Edicts?
Who was Samudragupta?
What was the Gupta Dynasty?
What was Maharajadhiraja?
Who Was Chandragupta II?
Who was Sri Gupta?
What was Sanskrit?
What were the Upanishads?
What was Mahabharata about?
What was Bhagavad-Gita?
Who made the Arabic Numerals?
What is Wootz Steel?
Who Made the Number Zero?
Lesson 1
Indus and Ganges: Two rivers where some of the earliest cities made by Indians started.
The Harappan Culture: One of the civilizations that developed on the Indus and Ganges rivers, they had indoor plumbing, and fountains.
The Thar Desert: A desert that is to the west.
Lesson 2
The Indus Valley Civilization: The Indus Valley Civilization is also called the Harappan Civilization, it was buried under debris for centuries.
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro: Two major cities that were excavated in the 1920s.
There were seals that were probably used for telling who owned something, taxes, and more.
Lesson 3
Indo-Europeans: Indo-Europeans are people who speak languages that are thought to have a similar origin.
Vedas: Religious texts.
Aryans: A civilization that invaded India at one point.
Sanskrit: The language of the Aryans.
Lesson 4
Caste: A social division in society.
Varnas: The four main castes in India.
Brahmin: The highest Caste, it was priests who were in the Brahmin.
Kshatriya: The caste that had warriors and kings.
Vaisyas: A caste that had mostly merchants.
Sudras: The final caste was farmers and other workers who everyone depended on.
Untouchables: Another group that became a caste, they did tasks that many thought were gross, such as handling the dead, or cleaning after animals.
Lesson 5
Chandragupta Maurya: Someone who was building an empire that would match Alexander the great’s empire in power.
Mauryan Empire: The empire Chandragupta Maurya made, it came from Afghanistan to India.
Pataliputra: The Mauryan empire.
Ashoka: Ashoka was Chandragupta’s grandson, he continued to expand Maurya.
Stupas: A building containing Buddhist relics, it is used as a place for meditation.
Lesson 6
Bindusara: Chandragupta’s son.
Ashoka became a brutal ruler, but he realized what he did was wrong, and became a Buddhist.
Ashoka created over 80,000 Buddhist temples.
Answer: Ashoka proved to be a brilliant and brutal military leader bent on extending his empire south and east, and he didn’t much care who died or was destroyed in the process. He wanted more, even though the empire was already enormous.
Answer: He was able to capitalize on the disunity and fighting within India at the time.
Lesson 7
Kalinga: A small state that was near India, Ashoka became Buddhist from the war he had with Kalinga.
Dharma: The teachings of Buddha.
Rock Edicts: Edicts Ashoka had his officials write.
Lesson 8
Samudragupta: Chandragupta The First’s son.
Gupta Dynasty: Chandragupta was the first emperor in the Gupta Dynasty.
Maharajadhiraja: What Chandragupta called himself, it means “Emperor,” or “King of Kings.”
Chandragupta II: Chandragupta the I’s grandson.
Sri Gupta: The founder of the Gupta Dynasty.
Lesson 9
Sanskrit: A classical language of India.
Upanishads: A set of stories about the Vedas.
Mahabharata: A story about some kings preparing for war.
Bhagavad-Gita: A story about a king, who is told by a god disguised, to do his duty and go to war.
Lesson 10
The Indians actually made a lot of the numbers we use today! They made the Arabic Numerals.
The Indians actually did a lot of Geometry.
Wootz Steel is a really sharp and strong metal the Indians made, they used it for swords.
Zero was one number made by the Indians.