India Vocab Part 1
in Buddhism, a state of perfect peace
What is Nirvana?
the science of working with metals
The Aryan people began to collect and record the these, texts that included hymns, descriptions of rituals, and philosophical and spiritual ideas about their gods and the soul.
What are the Vedas??
Both Hinduism and Buddhism taught the idea of this, the belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body.
What is reincarnation?
a hard gemstone often used in jewelry
What is Jade?
an Indian religion, based on the teachings of Mahavira, that teaches all life is sacred
What is Jainism?
someone who works to spread religious beliefs
What is a missionary?
The these were a group that didn’t belong to a caste. They could only hold certain jobs that were often unpleasant.
Who are the untouchables?
This man founded the Mauryan Empire.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
a person of high rank who owned land by owed loyalty to the king
the division of Indian society into groups based on rank, wealth, or occupation
What is the Caste System?
a mixture of two or more metals
What is an alloy?
According to Hindu belief, people's choices in life determines whether people will have bad or good this.
What is Karma?
Under this King's rule Mauryan warfare ended throughout India due to his conversion to Buddhism.
Who is Asoka?
a philosophy based on the ideas of Confucius that focuses on morality, family order, social harmony, and government
What is Confucianism?
a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
What is a subcontinent?
This civilization's houses used indoor plumbing, created a system of weights and measures, developed India’s first writing system, used signature seals.
What is the Harappan Civilization?
Oldest of the Indian religions whose religious traditions are collected into Vedic texts and believe in many gods, such as Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu.
What is Hinduism?
Indian blacksmiths created these as they were often stronger than one metal alone.
What are alloys?
a device that uses the position of shadows cast by the sun to tell the time of day
What is a sundial?
the number system we use today that was created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty
Harappan and this civilization were similar in that they both created irrigation systems to supply water to their crops.
Who are the Mesopotamians?
According to Buddha, people can avoid the process of reincarnation by reaching this state.
What is Nirvana?
This advancement in mathematics is credited to Indian mathematicians.
What is use of the number 0?
a network of trade routes that stretched across Asia from China to the Mediterranean Sea
What is the silk road?