Early Civilizations
Which civilization, that dates back to 3500 B.C., was located near the Indus River?
What is Indus Valley civilization?
What is nirvana?
What is a state of eternal bliss in Hinduism?
When did the Maurya ruler Ashoka convert to Buddhism?
What is around 260 BC?
What resources were the British interested in?
What are textiles, timber, and tea?
What are Castes?
What are social classes?
When did the Aryans come to India?
What is 1500 BC?
Who founded Buddhism?
Who is Siddhārtha Gautama (the Buddha)?
True or False: Gupta scholars developed the decimal system?
What is True?
When did India become independent?
What is August 1947?
What is reincarnation?
What is the rebirth of a soul in another body?
How long did the Aryan and Indus Valley civilizations last?
What is about 1,000 years?
What is one of the Four Noble Truths?
What is life is full of suffering, the cause of suffering is selfish desire, suffering can be stopped by conquering desire, desire can be conquered by following the Eightfold Path.
Which Mughal ruler encouraged freedom of religion?
Who is Akbar the Great?
What was Gandhi's most powerful weapon?
What is civil disobedience?
What was the Raj?
What was the British imperialist rule of India?
What writing language did the Aryans develop?
What is Sanskrit?
What is the Eightfold Path?
right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right way of living, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration
Which Mughal emperor constructed the Taj Mahal?
Who is Shah Jahan?
What two countries were created When South Asia became independent in 1947?
What are India and Pakistan?
What is civil disobedience?
What is nonviolent resistance?
What did the Aryans do when they arrived in India?
What is they settled down and became farmers?
True or False: Buddhists and Jains accept the Caste system?
What is false?
True or False: Shah Jahan constructed the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife?
What is True?
When did India and Pakistan develop nuclear weapons?
What is the late 1990s?
What is nuclear proliferation?
What is the spread of nuclear weapons?