Ancient India
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Compose a 4–5-sentence account of the city of Mohenjo-daro.
In the Indus Valley, defensive walls, straight streets, brick houses, craftsmen, decline.
2
Make a table of Indian inventions: invention, what we use it for today.
Numerals and zero — in mathematics; chess — as a game; sugar — in food.
3
Write 3 sentences on the difference between Buddhism and the varna system.
The varna system divides society by birth; the Buddha focused on human suffering and actions.
4
Why did Alexander turn back from India? Explain.
The local people resisted fiercely and his army, tired after a long campaign, refused to go further.