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Artifacts & Ruins...
Are how people learned about Harrapan civilization
These people had the lowest job in ancient India
Untouchables
After King Asoka converted to Buddhism...
Buddhism spread throughout Asia
The main religion of USA is Hinduism
False, main religion of India
Buddha believed nobody could escape suffering...
True
Harrapans settled near rivers so they could better...
Grow many different crops
People could not change their caste system during ancient Indian times...
False, they could change caste. (it was rare for people to change)
Lower class citizens liked ideas of Buddha because...
Their social class wasn't a barrier to gain salvation
Historians know why the Harrapan civilization ended
False, there is no specific reason known why
Harrapans settled along this river
Indus
The Harrapan civilization came after the Aryan civilization...
False Harrapan civilization was before the Aryans
This is a result of good Karma in Hinduism...
Can be born into a higher caste in their next life.
People should not be confined to particular social class
These people were the top of Indian caste system...
Brahmins
Buddha was born into this Caste
Kshatriya
Rajas did this in Aryan society
Led the villages they were rulers of
A main reason why Mahavira rejected Hinduism & started Jainism...
Brahmins controlled too much
Buddha believed...
Suffering is a part of life
People should act morally & treat others well
8 Fold Path was middle point between desire & self-denial
Jains will not kill any animal...
True
This is the language of the Aryans
Sanskrit
Early Aryans had this type of language...
An oral (spoken) language
This is how Hinduism was formed...
Principles evolved over time and blended with new cultures and ideas.
Put the event in the correct order...
A. Siddhartha is called the Buddha
B. Siddhartha meditates under a tree for 7 weeks
C. Siddhartha realizes 3 causes of human suffering
D. Siddhartha leaves home and travelled around India
D. B. C. A.
The 2 main cities of Harrapans
Harappa & Mohenjo Daro
This is the word for salvation in Hinduism...
Moksha