Aryan Arrival
Hinduism
Mauryan and Gupta Empires
Innovations and Spread of Culture
Buddhism
100
Some scholars believe that the Aryans came from a region in Asia between these two bodies of water.
What are the Caspian Sea and Aral Sea
100
This is the release from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.
What is moksha?
100
He was the first emperor of the Mauryan Empire.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
100
This is the man who changed writing and storytelling in India during the Gupta Empire.
Who is Kalidasa?
100
This man is known as "The Buddha"
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
200
Most of what we know about the Aryan people comes from these religious texts of theirs.
What are the Vedas?
200
This is the idea that a soul is reborn into a different body after death.
What is reincarnation?
200
These people invaded and ruled India after the fall of the Gupta Empire.
Who are the Hunas?
200
Mathematicians of the Gupta Empire came up with this "number" that changed the way we understand the idea of nothing.
What is zero?
200
This is the Buddhist term for ending the cycle of life, death and rebirth.
What is nirvana?
300
This Aryan social class was at the bottom of Aryan society and was for the laborers.
What is the sudrah?
300
This is the term for rules by which one is expected to live one's life.
What is dharma?
300
He is the emperor of the Gupta Empire at its height when there were great gains in literature, science, and mathematics.
Who is Chandra Gupta II?
300
This idea came from India and is one of the main religions of all Asia today.
What is Buddhism?
300
The Fourth Noble Truth is to follow what?
What is the Eightfold Path?
400
Aryan social classes became the basis for this "system" in Indian society.
What is the caste system?
400
This "force" determines the way in which living things will be reincarnated.
What is karma?
400
This Mauryan emperor promoted Buddhism and ruled the empire according to Buddhist teachings.
Who is Asoka?
400
This is the region that Asoka sent missionaries after his conversion to Buddhism.
What is SE Asia?
400
Very different from most religions in the world, Buddhism does not have any of these supernatural beings in the religion.
What are gods?
500
The Vedas became central to what later Indian religion as sacred texts,
What is Hinduism?
500
These are the three most important gods in Hinduism.
Who are Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva?
500
He is the first emperor of the Gupta Empire.
Who is Chandra Gupta?
500
These trade routes were used by western merchants to travel to China.
What are Silk Roads?
500
The Third Noble Truth says that there is an end to "this" state of life.
What is suffering?
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