Vocabulary
Study of Stars and planets
Astronomy
Gave up his throne and religion to become a Jainist monk
Chandragupta Mauyra
This was written to teach moral lessons
Panchatantra
A mixture of metals is called an
Alloy
The focusing of the mind on spiritual things
Meditation
Sacred beliefs of Buddhism
the Four Noble Truths
How did Buddhism grow and change after the Buddha died?
Buddha's 500 followers gathered to sure up his teachings and spread them to other followers
What is metallurgy?
Practice or science of working with metals
Hinduism is this type of religion.
What is polytheistic or polytheism?
Freedom from pain and suffering; is achieved after enlightenment.
What is Nirvana?
What did the Gupta Rulers use to keep their society ordered?
Caste System
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
Most famous work of the Panchatantra
Rules for how a society should behave
Edicts
Used to promote Hinduism in this specific empire
Missionaries; Gupta
What is the Eightfold path?
a series of steps that encourage people to lead the right life
What kinds of religious art did the Ancient Indians create?
Temples, sculptures, paintings
Leader who adopted Buddhism for his empire
Who was Asoka?
From this system of numbers (______) we got what numeral?
Hindu-Arabic numerals; zero
Which development ended Mauryan warfare through India under Asoka's rule?
Conversion to Buddhism
The two branches of Buddhism are ?
Mahayana & Theravada
How are Buddhist teachings different from Hindu teachings?
no Caste system, no priests, no sacred texts, preached to all
How did the Gupta Empire end?
Foreign armies invaded the country