| 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 |
| tolerant | you accept other religions/things - let them do their own thing |
| Harappan/Mohenjo-Daro | the earliest Indian civilization |
| Hinduism | a polytheistic religion practiced in India |
| polytheism | the belief in more than 1 god |
| Vedas, Mahabharata, Upanishads | religious texts of Hinduism |