Geography and Early Settlements of India
The name of one of the first major settlements in ancient India
What is Mohenjodaro or Harappa Civilization?
What are the Vedas?
The original name of the founder of Buddhism
Who is Prince Siddhartha?
What is the Maurya empire?
A golden age is...
What is a time of prosperity and achievement for an empire?
A strong wind that often brings heavy amounts of rain
What is a monsoon?
The name of the social group without a caste who do the worst jobs.
What are the Untouchables?
Prince Siddhartha reached enlightenment here.
What is the Bodhi Tree?
This is the name of the religion Ashoka embraced.
What is Buddhism?
The Gupta Empire secured their power through...
What are arranged marriages and alliances?
The name of the most holy river in India that that brings silt from the mountains to the plains.
What is the Indus River?
The name of the supreme power, or divine force that is ever-present and all-powerful.
Who is Brahman?
The goal of Buddhism is to reach this place.
What is nirvana?
Ashoka was influenced by Buddhism and incorporated it into his life by...
What is respect all living things, give up hunting, become a vegetarian, and eliminate wars of conquest?
At Gupta Universities, students can study these subjects.
What are religion, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, Sanskrit, sculpture, music, painting, logic, grammar, medicine, and dancing?
Scientists believe that this happened to the people in the Indus Valley Civilizations causing them to disappear.
What is no one is certain but it is theorized that it could be due to hostile invaders or natural events?
The way of life that helps people live happily, selflessly, and in balance. It is often described as duty.
What is dharma?
What are aging, sickness, and death?
What are edicts?
A philosophy is...
What is a theory or set of values by which one lives or the search for wisdom and knowledge?
Three major achievements from the Harappa and Mohenjoaro civilizations.
What are scales and weights, the great bath, a statue and beads, a seal, a swear system, homes, games, or clay models?
Monism is...
What is the belief that multiple gods come from one god?
The Four Noble Truths are...
What is suffering is present in all things and nothing lasts forever, suffering is caused by cravings (desires and wants), the way to end suffering is to give up all cravings, and the way to give up all cravings is to live life according to the Eightfold Path?
Ashoka's edicts promoted these four things.
What are Buddhist values, general welfare, justice, and security?
This was discovered when Aryabhata combined mathematics and astronomy to make discoveries.
What is the length of a year, the approximate size of Earth, planets are spheres, and that Earth spins on an axis?