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This is the title of the warrior-prince who led each early Aryan nomadic tribal group.
Who is a Raja?
This is the official term for the triangular area India occupies.
What is a "subcontinent?"
These texts date back to the Aryan nomads, and form the basis for later Indian religious and social development.
What are the Vedas?
The Mauryan Empire collapsed because of a combination of factors, including:
What were: Weak rulers, Rebellion, and Foreign Invasion.
This extremely advanced civilization disappeared without any clear cause.
Who were the Harappans?
This man formed the empire which employed an army of spies.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
This mountain range protects India from invasion from the north.
What is the Himalayas?
The four varnas are:
What are: Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras? (And Untouchables...)
The Buddha reached enlightenment after meditating for ______ weeks beneath the Bodhi Tree?
These two cities gave archaeologists clues to unravel the mystery of the Indus River Civilization.
Where are Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
Siddhartha Gautama is famous for...
What is creating Buddhism?
This climate phenomenon shapes much of ancient Indian civilization and made trade from the Mediterranean dangerous.
What are monsoons?
According to Buddhism, the three causes of human suffering are:
What are: Wanting what we do not have, having what we do not want, and having what we want but cannot keep?
Ashoka the Great also had these two titles:
What are: Ashoka the Fierce/Terrible and Ashoka the Pious.
What is: They blow over the Arabian Sea in the spring/summer months, bringing rain and trade from the Mediterranean. Then, in the fall/winter, they blow back, pushing cool, dry air across the subcontinent.
This king gained his throne after an assembly elected him to succeed his father.
Who was Samundra Gupta?
This pass through the Hindu Kush was of great strategic and economic importance.
What is the Khyber Pass?
This is the oldest text written in Sanskrit.
What is the Rigveda?
What is: a sage predicted a 12 year famine, he converted to Jainism, abdicated the throne, and fasted to death.
What is: he was betrayed, exiled, recalled to the empire, defeated a rebellion, was wounded in battle, and was treated by Buddhist monks.
Ashoka is known as "Ashoka the Great" because:
What is: He demonstrated his military might and strategy in the Battle of Kalinga, then converted to Buddhism and dedicated himself to creating a peaceful, prosperous kingdom for all of his people.
This civilization began in the Ganges River Valley before spreading across northern India.
Who are the Aryan nomads?
Buddhism split into two branches, called:
What are Mahayana and Theravada?
Chandra Gupta II rose to power "peacefully" by:
What is: assassinating his weak older brother, which surprisingly caused no rebellions within the empire.
The spies of the Mauryan empire were divided into these five branches:
What are: The fraudulent disciples, the intellectuals, the impoverished farmers, the unsuccessful traders, and the religious leaders?