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The highest Hindu caste members in India after the Epic Age were the
What is Brahmans (priests, scholars)
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Alexander the Great's invasion of India led to
What is the rise of the Mauryans
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The Hindu ethical concept of _____ was far less detailed and prescriptive than the ethical codes associated with the most other world religions, including Christianity and Islam.
What is Dharma
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It was in the ______ that the Hindu idea of divine force informing the whole universe first surfaced clearly.
What is Upanishads
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Polytheistic faith that stress reincarnation and shallowness of worldly concerns
What is Hinduism
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Extremly complex and did not allow people to change caste
What is Indian caste sytem
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During the classical era in India, which event did not occur? 1) the invasion of Alexander the Great prevented contacts with the Mediterranean world. 2) spherical shrines to Buddha, called stupas, were erected. 3.) sculpture and painting emphasized religious themes.
What is the invasion of Alexander the Great prevented contacts with the Mediterranean world.
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Southern Indians, ______ , were active in trading networks all over the Middle East
What is Tamils
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Unlike all other world religions, ______ had no single founder, no central holy figure from whom the basic religious impulse stemmed.
What is Hinduism
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Dominated classical Indian political life, so central authority was relatively weak
What is regonalism
300
A central message of the Bhagavad Gita is that
What is carrying out the duties that come with one's caste
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In Mesopotamia , the cuneiform culture of the Mesopotamians assimilated invaders and provided continuity. The same role in India was performed by
What is The Hindu Social hierarchy
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Toward the end of the Epic period, one religious leader, ______ built on Hindu mysticism to create another major world religion.
What is Gautama Buddha
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The priestly caste, or ______ , stood at the top of the caste system.
What is Brahmins
300
Two major empires that formed during classical Indian history
What is Mauryan and Gupta
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A major difference between Buddhism and Hinduism was that
What is Buddhism denying the need for caste, rites, and sacrifice to achieve nirvana.
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The castes in India overtime
What is intensified in complexity and became different from region to region.
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During the Indian formative period, called the Vedic and Epic ages, the ______ conquerors impressed their own stamp on the culture and social structure of India.
What is Aryan
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It remains true that the Maurya and ______ dynasties constituted the most successful political regimes in India.
What is Gupta
400
Buddhism was founded by______ in the 6th century B.C.E.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama
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Buddhism spread primarily as result of
What is its monastic community
500
It remains true that the Maurya and ______ dynasties constituted the most successful political regimes in India.
What is Himalayas
500
Most of what we know about the preclassical period in Indian History comes from literary epics developed by the Aryans, initially passed on orally and only later written down in
What is Sanskrit
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Chandragupta's grandson, ______ , consitutes one of the greatest figures in early Indian history.
What is Ashoka
500
What emerged as the center of a Eurasian trade system
What is Classical India
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