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This was the religion of the Gupta Empire.
What is Hinduism?
This was the religion of the Mauryan Empire.
What is Buddhism?
This religion is associated with self-denial, meditation and Nirvana.
What is Buddhism?
This is the name of the first Buddhist.
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
The Han Dynasty and Roman Empire were similar in their collapses because of this.
What is the pressure from from outside invasions?
This Empire is considered the “Golden Age” of India.
What is the Gupta Empire?
This emperor initiated the construction of the Great Wall of China.
Who is Shi Huangdi?
The Han Dynasty believed in this dominant philosophy.
What is Confucianism?
Ashoka converted to Buddhism because of this.
What are the brutal conquests of his earlier life?
This dynasty established the Mandate of Heaven.
What is the Zhou Dynasty?
The determination of ones caste in reincarnation is dependent on this.
What is Karma or the deeds in ones life?
Name 1 of the 2 similarities shared between Buddhism and Hinduism.
Either answer is acceptable:
What is the belief in a reborn soul after death?
What is both began in India?
The development of Civil Service exams and filial piety are both influences of this.
What is Confucianism?
Name 1 of the 2 similarities shared between Buddhism and Hinduism.
Either answer is acceptable:
What is the belief in a reborn soul after death?
What is both began in India?
Preserve Hindu traditions, produced fine poems and drama, made advances in math, science and medicine.
What is the Gupta Empire?
These were the first written proof of the Buddhist faith under Ashoka.
What are Edicts and Stupas?
The Han Dynasty and Roman empire were similar in this way.
What is the establishment of trade networks?
Bhramins, Kshatryia, Vaishya, Sudra, and the Untouchables make up this.
A legalist philosophy was adopted by the Qin dynasty because of this belief.
What is strong laws and punishment would bring social order?
Ashoka instituted this after his conversion to Buddhism.
What is a period of peace and open trade?
The 4 Noble Truths and the Eight-fold path were similar in this way.
What is that both provided codes for moral behavior?
These are the 4 Noble Truths.
Life is suffering
Suffering arises from desire
Solution to suffering is curbing desire
Desire can be curbed by following Eightfold Path
The Han dynasty created a centralized government and complex bureaucracy by doing this.
What is the establishment of civil service exams?
The caste system in India is characterized by this.
What is the lack of social mobility?