Ancient India Religions 1
Hinduism has more than one god. What is the term that means "more than one god?"
Polytheistic
The first ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
Chandra Gupta
What are the 4 sacred texts of Hinduism, each a collection of hundreds of sacred hymns called?
What are the Vedas?
large land mass that is set apart from the rest of the continent.
Subcontinent
a fixed social class into which a person is born.
what is a caste?
Who started the religion of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Gautama aka Buddha
Chandra Gupta's son continued the________ empire. _________was the man who realized war and killing were bad and turned to Buddhism.
Maurya, Ashoka
The name of the Hindu's written language
What is Sanskrit?
What were the seasonal winds called that impacted the Indian civilization?
Monsoons
the rebirth of a soul into a new body.
What is reincarnation?
If all Hindu rules were followed, a person could be reborn into a higher caste. What is this called?
reincarnation
Second Indian Empire was called.
Gupta Dynasty
A class of priests and religious scholars in ancient India known as _______ were the only ones who knew how to interpret the _____?
Who were Brahmins and the Vedas?
India is on what continent?
Asia
These people had no place in Indian society and were below the caste system.
Who are the Untouchables (Dalits)?
If you do your ___, you will have good ___.
Word bank to finish the sentence
dharma
karma
dharma
karma
the Indus valley people kept their food stored in these.
What are granaries.
A state of perfect happiness and peace in Buddhism is called?
What is Nirvana?
One of India's important rivers.
What is the Indus or the Ganges?
India was very large and diverse, which made _____ of all of the kingdoms under one ruler such an accomplishment for the leaders of the Maurya family.
What is unification?
Who is the supreme god in Hinduism?
Brahman
Chandragupta divided his empire into four regions, and then divided those regions into smaller__________, these are regions with their own government.
provinces
The final goal of Hinduism is called___________, and this is when you are liberated from reincarnation and become one with the god of creation.
What is Moksha?
what helped the Indus valley people develop for many years without war?
they were surrounded by Mountains and this made it difficult to bring in an army.
the science that deals with extracting metals from ores and using it to create useful objects.
metallurgy
What is the oldest practiced religion in the world today?
What is hinduism?
The Guptas were a line of rulers who ruled India from 320 to 550 C.E., and historians call this period a _____ .
What is a Golden Age?
Followers of Jainism practice ahimsa, which means...
avoiding doing harm to any living thing.
Which mountain range acted as a natural barrier and separated India from China?
Himalayan Mountains
to calm or clear the mind, often by focusing on a single subject.
What is to meditate?