The Fortunes of Empire in Classical India
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
A corporate body that supervised prices and wages in a given industry
What are Guilds?
The Buddha's reals name
Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
The ultimate goal of Hinduism
What is Moksha?
How do you achieve Moksha?
Living a pure life
A popular ancient Indian handbook made following Chandragupta's ideas
What is the Arthashastra?
The part of the Vedas that show Hindu mystical teachings
What were Upanishads?
What does Buddha roughly translate too?
Enlightend one
The empire created the concept of zero
These were found as proof in India that Romans traded with Indians
Founded Jainism
Who was Mahavira?
The difference between Hinduism and other major religions
No single founder
What did the Eight Fold Path suggests for it's followers
To live balanced and moderate lives
The person who ruled the Mauryan Empire after Chandragupta
Who was Ashoka?
the jobs of kshatriyas
What are warriors and Arisrocrats
Best known Buddhist monastery
What was Nalanda?
The belief of many gods
What is Polytheism
The wheel that you continue you on lifetime after lifetime until you reach liberation
What is Samsara?
Lead to the downfall of the Gupta Empire
Who were the White Huns?
Lowest caste (besides untouchables)
What is Shudra?
This empire supported Buddhism
What was the Mauryan Empire?
The political idealogy associated with Mahayana Buddhism
What is Liberal?
True or False:
Hinduism is in the top 3 for most popular religions
TRUE