| A | B |
|---|
| Indus River | the center of early Indian civilization |
| Aryan | from Central Asia - they settled along the Ganges River around 1500 BCE - started Hinduism |
| Asoka | leader of Mauryan Empire in India 260 BCE - religious tolerant |
| Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro | the earliest Indian civilization |
| Hinduism | a polytheistic religion practiced in India |
| polytheism | the belief in more than 1 god |
| amulet | a charm worn as protection against evil or injury |
| artifact | an object produced by human workmanship that is of archeological or historical interest |
| pictograph | a stylized picture representing a word or idea |
| guru | a spiritual parent or teacher |
| communal | for or by a group rather than an individual |
| sacred | holy |
| Dharma | the ultimate moral balance of all things |
| Karma | people experience the effects of their actions. |
| Samsara | the cycle of life, death, and rebirth (reincarnation) in search of balance |
| Brahma | the mystical creator, the supreme presence |
| Shiva | is the destroyer or purifier. |
| Buddha | The Enlightened One |
