I.C.6.2

Describe and analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious and social structures of early civilizations of India, to include:<ol type="a"><li>location and description of the river systems and other topographical features that supported the rise of this civilization</li><li>significance of the Aryan invasions</li><li>structure and function of the caste system</li><li>important aesthetic and intellectual traditions (e.g., Sanskrit literature, medicine, metallurgy, mathematics including Hindu-Arabic numerals and the number zero)</li></ol>