Chapter 5: The Age of Iron

Question 1

3102 B.C.

Answer 1

the wise king Manu presided over the beginning of the present age. His age still has well over four hundred thousand years ago.

Question 2

Baluchistan

Answer 2

where northern wanderers settled. It is hilly land just north of the Indus Valley

Question 3

Kali Yuga

Answer 3

it was the age of new towns. It begun after the great flood, which ended the previous age and started a new one.

Question 4

Khyber Pass

Answer 4

a gap through the northern mountains, it is where some people from central Asia passed through to get to India

Question 5

Manu

Answer 5

the name of the six semi divine kings had reigned in India before Manu Vaivaswata. They ruled for a Manwantara, an age longer than four million years.

Question 6

Manu Vaivaswata

Answer 6

the first king of India. Before Manu Vaivaswata six semi divine kings had reigned in India

Question 7

Vindhya and Satpura

Answer 7

they are two mountain ranges. They separated the north people from the south.