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Name a contribution of the British Rule.
The Revenue Collection System, Army and Civil Service, Judicial System, Education System, Social Reforms, Abolishment of Sati, Post and Telegraph System, Transport Systems
What was the capital of the Gupta Empire?
Pataliputra
What veda consists of the oldest collections of mantras and hymsn in sanskrit?
Rig Veda
What does "Sikhs" translate to?
Students or disciplines
What was the Chola kingdom’s greatest legacy?
Tamil literature and architecture
In 1600 a group of British merchants formed the ______.
East India Company
What are the 4 vedas?
Rig, Yajur, Sama, Atharva
What was the Goal of Vedanta?
A state of self-realization or cosmic consciousness or the God or Moksha (Dharma, Artha, Kama & Moksha).
Name a discovery/innovation/creation by the Gupta Empire during the Golden Age of India.
The place value system and zero, approximation of pi and calculating a triangle’s area, A work on astronomy explaining solar system motions, eclipses, sidereal periods, arithmetic, algebra, plane trigonometry, and spherical trigonometry, medical instruments, chess, etc.
What place did the Portuguese capture and make their largest part in 1530?
Goa
Where was the Vedic culture cultivated?
Along the Saraswati River
What did the Policy of Doctrine of Lapse state?
If an Indian ruler died without leaving a child, his state would pass into the hands of the British.
Who founded the Sikh religion?
Shivaji Maharaj
What sort of coveted items did the Dutch trade with India?
Precious stones, silk, pepper and spices
What was the atharva veda based on?
Consists of magical formulae, spells, prayers, verses, and hymns.
Name 1 of the 5 Ks (Articles of Faith) of the Sikh religion.
Kesh, Kanga, Kachchhera, Kara, Kirpan
Who was the first BRITISH governor of Bengal?
Robert Clive
Name one place where the East India Company set up a trading post.
Surat, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta
What system was made during the Vedic Period?
The Caste System
What did Rani Laxmibai, the widow of the Jhansi King, do to escape the British?
Rani dressed like a man to escape.