Geography
What is a Monsoon?
The phase of a season with high winds and a lot of rain.
The Aryans migrated from...
Central Asia
What makes up Hinduism?
Uses different languages, cultures and Religions to make it up.
What Religion does the Mauryan Empire recognize as their Religion?
Buddhism
How long after the Mauryan Empire did the Gupta Empire come into the picture?
About 500 years
What is India geographically called?
A Subcontinent
At first the Aryans were? And what type of government did they have?
Nomadic: Small local governments that were ruled by Rajas.
What is a key element of a Hindu Society?
The Caste System
List 3 Facts about the Mauryan Empire
Complex Gov, Large Army, Network of Spies, Heavily taxed its population, single currency, various forms of accounting
How did the Empire get its start?
Chandragupta I married Princess K.
What was Ancient India's first civilization?
Harappan
This was the ancient language of Hymns and Poems.
Sanskrit
Who founded Buddhism? How?
Sid: Meditated under a tree for a month.
There was a split in the Mauryan Empire in how the people practiced religion. The Theravada Buddhists and the Mahayana Buddhists. What were Theravada Buddhists and Mahayana Buddhists?
Theravada- Tried to follow Buddhist teachings very strictly.
Mahayana- Had a more lose interpretation of Buddhist teachings and used common sense.
Even though Sam expanded the Empire what did he do?
Not force his people to practice Hinduism. Was very tolerant of other religions.
Name the (3) Early Ancient Indian Cities that started it all.
Harappa, Mohenjo-Dario & Kalibangan
Indian Society split into 4 main groups. Name them!
-Brahmins
- Kshatriyas
- Vaisyas
- Sudras
Nirvana is...(In 2 words)
Absolute Peace
Who was the founder of the Mauryan Empire?
Chandragupta Maurya
How many rulers did he topple on his way to expansion?
Killed/ Exiled 9 + Subjected 12 = 21.
What did these (3) cities all have in common?
They all had a similar layout
Explain what the Caste System is and why it was so Important in early Indian Society?
Levels within society and it helped keep order!
What kind of Religion is Buddhism?
Centered around communities working together to achieve a common goal. Not restricting in certain ways like Hinduism.
Asoka Accomplished what after fully converting to Buddhism?
He improved the lives of his people by rebuilding towns and cities.
What outlasted the Gupta Empire?
It's Intellectual Achievements