India Empires
This raja conquered weak kingdoms left by Alexander the Great’s leaving.
Chandragupta Maurya
The Indian invention of ____ around A.D. 500 had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science.
zero
Were laws written in local languages so people could read them in Ashoka’s empire
Rock Edicts
common trade goods of the Gupta Empire
salt, cloth, iron
This system determines a person’s job, social group, and marriage.
caste
Rulers run a well-organized government from a
capital city.
Which Mauryan ruler achievements include that he established standardized weights and measures and he established standards for physicians
Chandragupta
Which ruler created the Gupta Empire?
Chandragupta I
The practice of infecting a person with a mild form of a disease so they will not become ill from the more serious form
inoculation
The belief that people pass through many lives is called
reincarnation.
An important writer from the Gupta period was
Kalidasa.
According to a Ancient Roman historian Chandragupta’s army consisted of which of the following
600,000 infantry
9,000 war elephants
30,000 cavalry
During the reign of Ashoka what religion was spread throughout India and other parts of Asia
Buddhism
First great Buddhist king, Built new roads, and Built hospitals for people are accomplishments of
Asoka
The ____ River and the ____ River are India’s most important rivers.
Ganges, Indus
In this section of the Mahabharata, Krishna talks about doing one’s duty.
Bhagavad Gita
In 321 BC at the age of 20 who proclaimed himself the ruler of the Mauryan Empire
Chandragupta Maurya
What religion became the dominate religion under the rule of Chandragupta I of the Gupta Empire
Hinduism
Which ruler created the Rock Edicts
Ashoka
Buddhism was founded by ____ around 600 B.C.
Siddhartha
Two famous sacred texts that Indians today still like to read are the Mahabharata and
Ramayana.
Which ruler built an empire that covered 2/3 of the Indian subcontinent.
Ashoka
5 Advancements in the field of medicine
1. set bones
2. plastic surgery
3. cleanliness and disinfection
4. small pox vaccine
5. free hospitals
5 advancements in the field of math
1. created algebra
2. developed the zero
3. explained infinity
4. created the symbols for numbers 1-9
5. invented algorithms
According to Hindus, what is Karma?
It’s the effects of their good and bad actions.