Indus River Valley
A surplus of this allowed the Indus river valley civilization to begin specializing labor and focusing on other development
Food
Who was the founder of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Guatama
System of social division based on birth. Illegal in India today.
Caste System
Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
Referred to as the ________ age of India
Golden
These were small charms or insignias used by merchants and artisans. They were unique to each person and have been found very far away from India
Seals
What prince Siddhartha reached after meditating under the Bodhi tree
Nirvana/enlightenment
The process of a soul being reborn into a new body
Reincarnation
Ruler who converted to Buddhism
Ashoka
Chandragupta I
Two major cities of the Indus River valley civilization
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Buddhism spread to many parts of Asia via missionaries during this Buddhist ruler's reign
Ashoka
What goes around comes around, a concept shared with Buddhism
Karma
Who did Chandragupta Maurya conquer to unite the North of India into the Mauryan empire?
The Macedonians
This became the dominant religion in India during this time
Hinduism
Group of people who migrated to India from central Asia and ultimately became the dominant group of people
The Aryans
What the Buddha discovered when he reached enlightenment and shared with the world.
The Four Noble Truths
These are a collection of sacred Hindu texts
The Vedas
Chandragupta Maurya had an extensive army, including 9,000 of these
War elephants
This act of infecting someone with a mild form of a disease to boost immunity developed in Gupta India
Innoculation
What happened to the Indus River Valley civilization?
We don't know!!
The Buddhist guidelines for life and achieving Nirvana
The Eightfold Path
Dharma
Chandragupta Maurya died by ritual suicide by fasting to try to achieve _______, the freedom from the cycle of reincarnation.
Moksha
Major advancements in mathematics were made during the golden age of India, including abstract and negative numbers, as well as early _______.
Algebra