Siddhartha Gautama officially started what World religion
Buddhism had how many Noble Truths
4
In 320 B.C. This military leader took control of all northern India and founded the Mauryan Empire
Candragupta Maurya
Another dynasty took over India called the Gupta Dynasty and they were once again united. The first Emperor to take over and is not related to Candragupta Mauyra
Candra Gupta 1st
India's two most famous epics are Mahabharata and what other epic
Ramayana
What did Siddhartha Gautama do to find the answer to his life question, he didn't wash, he meditated and this meaning to go without food
fasted
The state of perfect peace
Nirvana
Name the Ancient India's war animal
Elephant
became a major religion in India
Hindu
They are the pioneers of this science of working with metals
metallurgy
Siddhartha Gautama meditated under this tree for 7 weeks
The tree of Wisdom
people who work to spread religious beliefs throughout the world
Missionaries
Candragupta’s grandson
Asoka
This emperor strengthened his society even more by helping his economy through building and making fine arts and trade
Candra Gupta 2nd
They practice injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help them build a defense to a disease
inoculation
Siddhartha Gautama was called
The Buddha
people who tried to follow Buddha’s teachings exactly as they were stated
Theravada
Asoka watched many bloody battles and then converted to what religion
Buddhism
people to practice other religions which 2 religions were they able to practice.
Buddhism and Jainism
They had a fine interest in planets in the solar system. This is known as what science field
astronomy
Enlightenment
Understanding
believed that other people could interpret the Buddha’s teachings to help them reach nirvana
Mahayana
When Asoka died, what happened to India's empire
Fell apart
The Gupta rulers felt what system would make their society stronger and more stable
Caste
They also were able to mix metals. Mixing metals are what new type of metal
alloy