Vocabulary
A state of perfect peace in Buddhism
What is Nirvana?
Meaning “the Enlightened One;” Siddhartha Gautama was known as this.
Who is the Buddha?
The Aryan people began to collect and record the these texts that included hymns, descriptions of rituals, and philosophical and spiritual ideas about Hindu gods and the soul.
What are the Vedas?
This man founded the Mauryan Empire.
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
People can overcome ignorance and desire by following this path that leads to wisdom, enlightenment, and salvation.
What is the eightfold path?
This is the division of Indian society into groups based on rank, wealth, or occupation.
What is the caste system?
The strongest of all the Mauryan emperors. He converted to and spread Buddhism during his reign
Who is Asoka?
The Aryans practiced a religion known as this because of the religion's belief in a divine reality known as Brahman. This religion was an early version of Hinduism.
What is Brahmanism?
This development ended Mauryan Warfare under the reign of Asoka.
These state that suffering comes from our desires for pleasure and material goods. People cause their own misery because they want things they cannot have.
What are the Four Noble Truths?
This is someone who works to spread religious beliefs.
What is a missionary?
The Gupta Empire reached its high point during his rule.
Who is Chandra Gupta II?
Oldest of Indian religions whose religious traditions are collected into Vedic texts and believe in many gods, such as Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu.
What is Hinduism?
This group invaded the Gupta Empire and weakened them to the point that the empire would fall soon after.
Who are the Huns?
According to Hindu belief, this determines whether people will have bad or good karma.
What are their choices in life?
This is the most important language of ancient India.
What is Sanskrit?
This Emperor took the throne in India, and Gupta society reached a high point during his rule. The empire continued to grow, the economy strengthened, and the people prospered.
Who is Chandra Gupta II?
This is an example of this Buddha philosophy: Suffering is a part of human existence and
What are the 4 Noble Truths?
This empire was founded by Chandra Gupta.
What is the Gupta empire?
According to Buddha, this is how can people avoid the process of reincarnation.
What is reaching Nirvana?
These were a group that didn’t belong to a caste. They could only hold certain jobs that were often unpleasant.
Who are Untouchables?
This man was the first Gupta emperor and conquered neighboring lands near northern India.
Who is Chandra Gupta I?
Both Hinduism and Buddhism taught the idea of this, the belief that souls are born and reborn many times, each time in a new body
What is Reincarnation?
These are rites of passage for different stages in a person’s life.
What are Samskaras?