Buddhism
Empires
Grab Bag
400

Buddhism started in what country?

India or modern Nepal

400

What was the first empire that united India?

Mauryan Empire

400

What boardgame is thought to have originated in India?

Chess

800
During his first travels, the man who would become the Buddha discovered three forms of what?

Suffering

800

What were the four goals of Ashoka's edicts?

General Welfare, Justices, Security, Buddhist Ideals
800

Hindu mathematicians were the first to treat this as a number

0

1200

What is the name of the "path" Buddha began to teach?

The Middle Way/Eightfold Path

1200

During what empire was ancient India's Golden Age?

Gupta

1200

What ancient Indian city had a sewer system?

Mojenjodaro 

1600

Buddhists try to reach a state of

Nirvana

1600

Daily Double

The Gupta empire was broken into these, which were led by local leaders

1600

The name "Buddha" meant one who was "_____"

Awakened

2000

What was the Buddha's original name, the man who started Buddhism?

Prince Siddhartha
2000

The Gupta's skill in this trade was shown by a large pillar that has lasted 1600 years

Metalwork

2000

This desert was located on the western edge of modern day India

Thar Desert