Indus Valley
What dry river flows parallel to the Indus?
Saraswati
How many Vedas are there?
4
What was early Hinduism based on?
Brahmin
What was the name of their ruler?
Chandragupta
What game did the Guptas invent?
Chess
What two mountain ranges separate the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia?
Hindu Kush and the Himalayas
What language did they use for writing?
Sanskrit
What kind of life was the Buddha born into? How did he change?
Rich; he gave it up to become a holy man
How do we know Chandragupta was paranoid?
He had spies everywhere
Who was the first Gupta ruler?
Chandra Gupta 1
When did the Indus Valley civilization largely disappear?
1700 BCE
What were communities divided into at first? What did these people join together to form? What did powerful leaders become?
Clans, republics, kings
What do Hindus do at the festival by the Ganges River?
They bathe in the waters
Who became emperor after Chandragupta?
Asoka
Who made most of the decisions for the Guptas?
Local Leaders
What is the biggest theory for how the Indus Civilization disappeared?
They moved to the Ganges for more rain
What two social groups are associated with the caste?
Varnas and Jatis
Theravada Buddhism focuses on the _____ of the Buddha.
Mahayana Buddhism focuses on the _______ of the Budda.
wisdom, compassion
What big change did Asoka go through?
He went from being very violent to very peaceful.
What great advancements did the Guptas make for mathematics?
What 3 resources was India rich in?
Jewelry, cotton cloth, and teak wood
List one cost and one benefit of a caste system?
Cost: limited freedom
Benefit: India Developed
How did Siddhartha actually reach enlightenment?
He meditated under the Tree of Knowledge for 49 days.
How were the people governed? (Regions, provinces, leaders)
He separated the empire into regions, then smaller provinces. He had leaders in each province and he told them what to do so he could have control.
What was one discovery that Aryabhata made?
The earth rotates
The eclipse happens because of the sun and moon
The moon reflects sunlight