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100
India's major religion.
What is Hinduism?
100
India's first ruling family.
Who were the Mauryans?
100
Marriage practice in which one husband has several wives.
What is polygamy?
100
Main source of revenue.
What is agriculture?
100
Hindu way of grouping people in society.
What is the caste system?
200
Founder of Buddhism.
Who is Siddartha Guatama?
200
India's second ruling family.
Who were the Guptas?
200
Civilization that replaced the Harappans.
Who are the Aryans?
200
Mains export of India.
What is spices?
200
Upper most class in the Caste System.
Who are the Brahmins?
300
The belief in more then one god.
What is Polytheism?
300
Gupta's system which seeked up to one sixth of all agricultural produce.
What is the tax system?
300
First civilization of the Indian subcontinent.
Who are the Harappans?
300
Restricts marriage between social classes.
What is the Caste System?
300
Lowest class in the Caste System.
Who are the untouchables?
400
Leader that converted to Buddhism
Who is the Ashoka?
400
Mauryan way of obtaining land.
What is conquering?
400
Cluster of caste groups.
What is the Varnas?
400
Practice of burning wives at the death of their husbands.
What is sati?
400
Traced decent through males.
What is patrilineal?
500
Hindu god of destruction.
Who is Shiva?
500
Group that overturned the Guptas.
Who are the Huns?
500
Major urban complexes of Harappan civilization.
What is Harass and Dar?
500
A classic sacred hymn where a warrior was sent to battle against his own relatives.
What is Bhagavad Gita?
500
Marriage practice where one women has many husbands.
What is polyandry?