The first ruler to unite the Indian subcontinent under a single empire
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
100
father of Asoka
Who was Bindusara?
100
A long term plan for achieving a goal
What is a strategy?
100
a short story with a moral or lesson at the end
What is a fable?
100
people under a king's control
What are subjects?
200
Revenge seeking Brahmin who helped Chandragupta raise an army
Who is Kautilya?
200
Asoka waged a long and terrible war against this kingdom before he turned to peace.
What was Kalinga?
200
three important advances in math
What were
1) Hindu-Arabic numerals
2) The Concept of Zero
3) The Decimal System
200
a counting system based on units of 10.
What is the decimal system?
200
the 3 Gupta rulers
Who are:
1) Chandra Gupta
2) Samudra Gupta
3) Chandra Gupta II
300
Two things Chandragupta did to help his men in battle
What are 1) armed them with powerful weapons
2) Used brightly painted elephants
300
Asoka's 3 principles of Moral Law
What are:
1) Ahimsa
2) Tolerance
3) Welfare of the people
300
Mathematician and astronomer who wrote an important book on Hindu mathematics.
Who is Aryabhatta?
300
a system of medicine that evolved from the early medicine of Vedic times. It also means "the science of life."
What is Ayurveda?
300
Ancient Ayurvedic medical textbooks describe these 3 things
What are
1) Thousands of diseases
2) Hundreds of medicines
3) How to treat problems
400
Three ways Chandragupta's empire was divided to make it easier to rule
What are 1) Regions
2) Provinces
3) Villages?
400
Assurances of Asoka's devotion to his people, an apology for the war on Kalinga, encouragement to live moral lives
What was written on Asoka's Stone Pillars?
400
Four things that Aryabhatta realized about the Earth
What are:
1) Earth is round
2) Earth rotates on its own axis
3) Moon shines because of reflected sunlight
4) Solar eclipses
400
Famous example of the skill of metalllurgy
What is the Iron Pillar of Delhi?
400
Hindu dancers created works based on this
What is Hindu Literature?
500
a book of Kautilya's advice about how rulers should deal with their subjects
What is the Arthashastra?
500
Asoka's 3 principles of Moral Law and their meanings
What is:
1) Ahimsa: One should not injure any living thing
2) Tolerance: respecting different beliefs and customs
3) Welfare of the People: Ruler cares about the happiness or protection of his people
500
these were five popular forms of literature during the Classical Age
What are 1)plays, 2) poetry, 3) fables, 4) folk tales, 5) fairy tales.
500
Sculptors made these to decorate Hindu and Buddhist temples.
What are statues made from stone and bronze?
500
He replaced rule by force with rule based on Moral Law.