Temples & Art
Early Hindu temples were built with what material?
Stone
Where are the finest paintings of ancient India found?
In temples
What was the main language used for literature during this period?
Sanskrit
What number did Indians invent that changed math forever?
Zero
What did Indian doctors make from plants and minerals?
Medicines
Gupta temples were topped by huge ______.
Towers
What did many Gupta paintings show about Indian life?
Graceful Indians wearing fine jewelry and stylish clothes, showing daily and ceremonial life
What is the Mahabharata about?
A struggle between two families for control of a kingdom
What do we call the numerals we use today that came from India?
Hindu-Arabic numerals
What is inoculation?
Injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help them build defenses against disease
What is a Buddhist stupa built to hold?
Sacred items from the life of the Buddha
Whose life often appeared in Buddhist temple paintings?
The Buddha
What section of the Mahabharata is most famous for Hindu beliefs?
The Bhagavad Gita
What scientific tool in Delhi is made of iron and has never rusted?
The Iron Pillar
Name one surgery Indian doctors could perform.
Repair broken bones, treat wounds, remove tonsils, reconstruct noses, or reattach earlobes
Which Buddhist site is famous for its cave temples filled with paintings?
Ajanta
What types of statues did Indian sculptors make for cave temples?
Statues of kings and the Buddha
In the Ramayana, Rama is really which god in human form?
Vishnu
What shape did Indians know the earth was?
A sphere
What did doctors sometimes do when no cure could be found?
Cast magic spells to help people recover
Name one way Hindu temples became more complex in the Gupta period.
They were topped by towers, covered with carvings of the god worshipped inside, and had more rooms
What covered the walls of some Hindu temples?
Carvings and images of the gods
Who was Kalidasa, and what did he write?
A famous writer in the Gupta period, hired by Candra Gupta II to write plays for the royal court
What did Indian astronomers know the planets did around the sun?
They revolved around it
What natural events could Indian astronomers predict?
Eclipses of the sun and moon