Ancient India

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Social Studies Skill: Compared and Contrast

The Rajah's Rice

10.1: Indus Valley Civilization

Skillbuilder: Follow a Flowchart

10.2: Beginnings of Hinduism

10.3: The Beginnings of Buddhism

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

10.4: Empires in India

Biography: Ashoka

Essential Questions

1) How did the physical setting of the Indus River valley make it possible for a civilization to form there?

2) How did Hinduism affect India's society?

3) How did Buddhism develop and spread?

4) How did the rise of empires change India?