Vocabulary
Religion
First Civilizations
First Empires
People
100
Written language developed by the Aryans.
What is Sanskrit?
100
This religion believes that the way to stop suffering is to stop desire
What is Buddhism?
100
Important part of India's climate that can produce good crops or a drought
What is a monsoon?
100
Indian prince who founded the Mauryan Empire
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
100
Although he was a Buddhist, he allowed his Hindu subjects to practice their religion
Who is Asoka?
200
Consequences of how a person lives his/her life.
What is karma?
200
The third largest religion in the world today
What is Hinduism?
200
Good warriors, expert horse riders and hunters who became farmers after arriving in India
Who are the Aryans?
200
Considered the empire's greatest king and was history's first great Buddhist king
Who was Asoka?
200
Author of the Cloud Messenger and Panchantantra
Who is Kalidasa?
300
Enlightened One
What is Buddha?
300
Universal Spirit
What is Brahman?
300
Forced to live apart from others and performed work others thought was too dirty
Who are the Untouchables or Pariahs?
300
Capital of the Mauryan dynasty
What is Pataliputra?
300
Born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama
Who is the Buddha?
400
When religious leaders head a government
What is a theocracy?
400
The two groups Buddhists split into after the death of the Buddha
What is Mahayana and Theravada?
400
Practice in which a wife is expected to jump into the flames during her husband's cremation
What is suttee?
400
The golden age of art and learning was during this empire
What is the Gupta empire?
400
This Buddhist religious leader led the government
Who is the Dalai Lama?
500
Requires people to perform the duties of their jati
What is dharma?
500
Ancient religious writings that describe the search for a universal spirit
What are the Upanishads?
500
Two major cities of the Indus civilization
What is Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro?
500
Song of the Lord
What is Bhavgavad Gita?
500
Indian warriors and rulers
Who were the Kshatriyas?
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