India's Vedic Age
The ancient written language created by the Aryans.
What is Sanskrit?
The supreme God in Hinduism
Who is Brahma?
The Buddha (he was born a prince)
Who is Siddartha Gautama?
The first emperor of the Mauryan Empire
Who was Chandra Gupta Maurya?
The first emperor of the Gupta Empire
Who was Chandra Gupta I?
Four books of knowledge written between 1500 BCE and 500 BCE.
What are the Vedas?
The idea that a person is reborn after death
What is reincarnation?
The ultimate spiritual state for a Buddhist
What is nirvana?
The third Mauryan emperor
Who was Asoka?
The years of the Gupta Empire
What was 320 - 540 CE?
The epic poem that explains human nature and the purpose of life (the title means "Song of God")
What is the Bhagavad Gita?
What are the Untouchables?
the term for avoiding pleasures and comforts and living at the most basic level possible
What is ascetic?
The official religion of the Mauryan empire under the third emperor
What is Buddhism?
Under this emperor, it was the golden age of the Gupta Empire
Who was Chandra Gupta II?
Ancient Indian system of medicine
What is Ayurveda?
Hinduism was developed from this Aryan religion
What is Brahmanism?
a Buddhist shrine
The effects of war with this kingdom caused Asoka to become Buddhist
What is the Kingdom of Kalinga?
They enjoyed trading for this from China
What is silk?
The Aryans were a nomadic tribe who entered India through this in Northwest India passage
What is the Khyber Pass?
What is purusharthas?
These are the Three Qualities that are the steps on the Eightfold Path
What are Wisdom, Morality and Meditation?
Three major achievements of the Mauryan Empire?
What was expanding the empire, expanding trade and having a well run government bureaucracy?
Four achievements of the Gupta Empire
What were stable governments, peace, prosperity, trade, metallurgy, developments in art and architecture, and spread of Buddhism and Hinduism?