Geography
The river that the Aryans settled around and Hinduism began.
What is the Indus River?
River that Hinduism was developed along.
What is the Eightfold Path?
Chandragupta's grandson and a ferocious warrior.
Who was Ashoka?
The main religion during the Gupta Empire.
What was Hinduism?
The highest mountains in India that protected against invaders.
What are the Himalaya Mountains?
What are the Vedas and Mahabharata?
4 beliefs that try to eliminate suffering.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
34 inscriptions attributed to Emperor Ashoka.
This number had no symbol.
What is zero?
The most important river in India.
The belief in rebirth in another form after death that continues until the soul achieves union with Brahman.
What is reincarnation?
The time period that Buddhism originated.
What is the 400s BCE?
An ancient Indian philosophy that combines elements of Hinduism and Buddhism.
What is Jainism?
Boar-headed incarnation sculpture.
Who was Vishnu?
Seasonal winds that bring an abundance of rain when it blows from the south to the north.
What is a monsoon?
What is the Caste System?
The largest & tallest stone Buddha statue in the world that was carved on the side of a cliff.
What is the Leshan Giant Buddha?
After this, Hindu priests once again reimposed the caste system as the Mauryan Empire gradually shrunk.
What was Ashoka's death?
The location of the Ajanta Caves.
What was Maharashtra?
The regions that were connected to India through trade.
What are Asia, Arabia, and Africa?
The responsibility of your caste.
What is Dharma?
This statue dates back to the 13th century and is the second tallest bronze Buddha in the country.
What is the Great Buddha of Kamakura?
This emperor divided his empire into smaller regions called provinces.
Who was emperor Chandragupta?
Seasonal winds that bring an abundance of rain.