The Buddha
The prince who became the Buddha.
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
The balanced lifestyle between luxury and suffering.
What is the Middle Way?
He founded the Maurya Empire.
Who was Chandragupta Maurya?
The bloody battle that changed Asoka forever.
What is the Battle of Kalinga?
Historians call the Gupta period this.
What is India's Golden Age?
The four experiences that inspired Siddhartha are known as these.
What are the Four Sights?
The eight-step guide to ending suffering.
What is the Eightfold Path?
This book advised rulers how to govern and use spies.
What is the Arthasastra?
After Kalinga, Asoka converted to this religion.
What is Buddhism?
Gupta mathematicians developed this important number.
What is zero?
Siddhartha meditated beneath this famous tree.
What is the Bodhi Tree?
The Buddhist goal of perfect peace.
What is Nirvana?
Chandragupta's army famously included 9,000 of these animals.
What are war elephants?
Asoka spread his ideas by carving these into stone pillars.
What are edicts?
Their number system is based on this number.
What is 10 (the decimal system)?
After meditating for this many days, Siddhartha became enlightened.
What is 49 days?
This step of the Eightfold Path teaches awareness of your thoughts and feelings.
What is Right Mindfulness?
This long trade route crossed the Maurya Empire.
What is the Grand Trunk Road?
Asoka built hospitals for both humans and these animals.
What are animals (veterinary hospitals)?
This famous Sanskrit poet lived during the Gupta Empire.
Who was Kalidasa?
The title given to Siddhartha after enlightenment.
What is "The Buddha" (The Enlightened One)?
Buddhism rejected this Hindu social system.
What is the caste system?
The Maurya Empire was the first to unite most of this land.
What is the Indian subcontinent?
Asoka ruled with this principle instead of conquest.
What is non-violence (or compassion)?
Unlike the Mauryas, the Guptas made this religion dominant again.
What is Hinduism?