Ancient India

Question 1

The Jan's practice this to fulfill one of the main principles of their faith, to injure no life

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Nonviolence

Question 2

What armies invaded India from the northwest in the late fourteen hundreds?

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the Huns

Question 3

In the 320s BC what military leader seized control of the entire northern part of India?

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Candragupta Maurya

Question 4

Rulers of what dynasty were supportive of the Hindu caste system of social order?

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Gupta

Question 5

going without food

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fasting

Question 6

Entering India from the north was difficult because of the presence of which mountains?

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The Himalayas

Question 7

The most famous of the passages from Mahabharata

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Bhagavad Gita

Question 8

The guiding principles at the heart of the Buddha's teachings

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Four Noble Truths

Question 9

Indian scholars were skilled in _____, which enabled them to identify 7 of the 9 planets.

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astronomy

Question 10

A state of perfect peace

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nirvana

Question 11

The oldest of the four collections of hymns and poems sacred to the Aryans

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Rigveda

Question 12

Most of the literature created during the Maurya and Gupta periods was written in...

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Sanskrit

Question 13

The prince who questioned the meaning of human life

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Siddhartha Gautama

Question 14

People who work to spread their religious beliefs

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missionaries

Question 15

One of the longest literary works in the world

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Mahabharata

Question 16

The religion practiced by the Aryans

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Brahmanism

Question 17

Indian artist of the maurya and Gupta periods created great works of art of what nature?

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Religious

Question 18

The effects that good or bad actions have on a person's soul

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Karma

Question 19

Method for overcoming ignorance and desire

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Eightfold Path

Question 20

Indian doctors used this to help build human defense to a disease.

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inoculation

Question 21

Who created the numerals we use today?

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Indian scholars

Question 22

The process of rebirth

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Reincarnation

Question 23

A strong ruler, the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors

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Asoka

Question 24

The Mahabharata contains many passages about ______ beliefs.

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Hindu

Question 25

This further divided Indian Society based on rank, wealth, or occupation

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Caste system

Question 26

Believed that other people could interpret the Buddha's teachings

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Mahayana

Question 27

Focusing of the mind on spiritual ideas

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meditation

Question 28

"Enlightened One"

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the Buddah

Question 29

The largest religion in India today

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Hinduism

Question 30

Indian society continued to grow, the economy strengthened, and people prospered under who?

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Candra Gupta II

Question 31

The Harappan civilization developed in the valley of which river?

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The Indus

Question 32

A system of social classes arose in India with the arrival of these people

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Aryan

Question 33

Seasonal wind patterns that cause India's wet and dry seasons

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Monsoon

Question 34

The science of working with metals

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metallurgy

Question 35

Many of ancient India's finest works of art can be found in...

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temples

Question 36

large landmass smaller than a continent and separated from the main land by physical barriers

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Subcontinent

Question 37

Another word for the universal spirit

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Brahman

Question 38

People who tried to follow the Buddah's teachings exactly as they had been stated

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Theravada

Question 39

a mixture of two or more metals

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Alloy

Question 40

In what language were the sacred hymns and poems of the Aryans composed?

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Sanskrit

Question 41

Another word for the soul

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atman

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