Geography
Seasonal winds that have a large influence on India's climate.
What are monsoons?
Born into something based on your personality and their jobs.
What were the varnas?
The third largest religion after Christianity and Islam.
What is Hinduism?
In 321 BCE. he set out to conquer northern India and unify region under his rule.
Who was Chandragupta?
In 320 BCE. this came to the power in the Ganges River Valley.
What is the Gupta dynasty?
A big landmass that is minor compared to a continent.
The caste system in India is 4 different examples of classification of castes.
What is the jati system?
These writings say that everything has a living soul that is apart of Brahman.
What is Upanishads?
The Mauryan empire reached the height of its glory under Chandragupta's grandson.
Who was Ashoka?
Chandragupta ruled Gupta Empire for 10 years then he passed it down to his son to be king.
Who was Samudragupta?
Here India is separated from the rest of Asia by rugged mountain systems.
What is the northern border?
Warriors and governors who ran the government and army.
Who were Kshatriyas?
A core belief of Hinduism is that there is one universal spirit called this.
What is Brahman?
Ashoka was the first ruler to promote this.
What is Buddhism?
Under Samudragupta, India entered this. Gupta rules practiced the Hindu religion.
What is a golden age?
The highest peak in the Himalaya.
What is Mount Everest?
People were considered members of this based on their personal behavior.
What is a varna?
Hindus built many temples and statues and held ceremonies for these.
What are Deities?
Ashoka had thousands of these built around India.
What are stupas?
This helped the Gupta empire thrive. Salt, cloth, and iron common goods traded in India.
What is trade?
Too little rain can be a problem. If the rain comes late there can be a long dry period.
What is a drought?
These people were farmers, craftspeople, and merchants.
Who were Vaisyas?
Another part of Hinduism is the belief in this or rebirth of the soul.
What is reincarnation?
In 183 BCE the last Mauryan king was murdered by one of these people.
What are generals?
Some of these people came from as far as away as China.
What are pilgrims?