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what game was invented in India?
Chess
What are stupas
Commemorative burial mounds
What is the main focus of mahayana buddhists
Compassion
What strategy did ChandraGupta use to conquer magaha
Attacked the borders first then the capital city
What caused the Indus Valley civilization to disappear?
No one knows
Why was the Ganges plain a good region for settlement?
Flat and fertile land
According to Hinduism, which of the following is the supreme spiritual force
Brahman
What does Theravada Buddhism emphasize?
Wisdom
Who was Siddhartha Gautama before he became the Buddha?
A Hindu Prince
What is a bureaucracy?
A system of offices that carries out government rules and regulations
What group is the highest caste?
Bramins priests
According to Hinduism, what determines how a person is reborn
Karma
How did advancements during the Gupta period transform mathematics
Decimal system and numeral for zero
According to the four noble, truths of Buddhism, what must be overcome and suffering
Overcome selfish desires
Group to Empire called himself the exterminator of kings
Samudra Gupta
What are the vedas
A collection of hundreds or even thousands of sacred hymns
How did the Buddha achieve enlightenment?
Meditating
scholars believe that Indus valley people use grain to do what
Hold Surplus crops
What is a fable?
A short story with a moral or lesson at the end
Who was kalidasa
Famous poet or playwright
Beginning with earliest what is the correct order of Indian emperors?
Asoka Chandra Gupta 1 Samudra Gupta Chandra Gupta 2
What freedom did Chandraguptas subjects lack
Freedom of speech and privacy rights
What helps Hinduism spread?
Other gods in traditions were absorbed into Hinduism
In Hinduism, what is a person duty to do what is right called
Dharma
What did Indian scientist Aryabhata discover
The motion of earth eclipses moon shines because of reflects