Geography
What is mount Everest?
At its highest peak its 29,028 feet tall
The Mahabharata with about 90,000 verses.
What is the longest poem ever written?
Indian mathematicians
Who explained the idea of infinity?
232 B.C.E
When did Ashoka die?
The Gupta empire declined
What Happened after Ashoka died?
A large land mass that is smaller than a continent
What is a subcontinent?
The Bhagavad Gita Or better known as the Song of the lord
Gupta mathematicians
Who Developed the numbers 1-9?
After one battle he looked at the fields and it was covered in dead or wounded soldiers.
Why did Ashoka come to hate killing?
10 years.
How long did Chandragupta rule for?
Summer temperatures
what causes the monsoons to change direction?
Sacred texts that teach important moral lessons.
What is a Hindu epic?
In the 700s C.E
When did the Arab traders adopt the numbers and symbols developed by Gupta mathematicians?
Contained religions objects and served as places of warship
What are stupas?
The Hindu religion.
What did Gupta rulers practice?
Wide fertile plains
What lies at the foot of India's mountain ranges?
About 25,000 verses.
How many verses did the Ramayana have before it was written down?
Indian mathematicians.
Who invented the concept of zero?
Because Ashoka died in 232 BCE
Why did the Mauryan empire decline?
Trade.
What helped the Gupta empire thrive?
It tells the story of Rama.
What story did the second epic of Ramayana tell?
Modern tech, such as computers.
What would not be possible without the concept of zero?
The Mauryan empire
What was India's first empire?
Samudragupta
Under who did the Gupta empire enter the golden age?