India Ch. 5

What is the universal spirit of Hinduism called?

India is referred to as what?

What is a state of perfect peace for Buddhists?

Stupas had domed roofs and were built to house sacred items from the life of the Buddha.

Who are the Sudras?

Who are the Brahmins?

What do we call the civilization that formed in the Indus River Valley?

Who was the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors who converted to Buddhism and sent missionaries throughout Asia?

According to the sutras, people of different castes could not even eat together.

What is the Hindu set of spiritual duties called?

Which Hindu god is the destroyer?

How many main social classes are represented in the varnas?

Who is Siddhartha Guatema?

What are the Buddha's four guiding principals called?

Which religion that broke off of Hinduism combined the teachings of Islam and was led by Guru Nanak?

What is going without food for spiritual purposes?

A soul is to a Christian as ___________ is to Hindus?

Hinduism is a monotheistic religion?

What is the study of stars and planets?

The ancient Aryans had a very strict caste system, what is it called?

Which sect of Buddhism has more members today?

Aryan religion was based on teachings known as what?

Which Hindu god is the Preserver?

Which Hindu god is the creator?

Which of the following does the Buddha not attribute to human suffering?

Early in the caste system, men and women shared some of the same rights.

Early in, the caste system determined your place for the rest of your life, but later, people could change classes.

What is the name of the religion that follows the teachings of the Buddha?

Who united founded the Mauryan Empire?

The Gupta dynasty was tolerant of other religions.

What is the largest religion in India today?

Over time the Aryans developed this, or guidelines which explained things like the caste system.

The Ramayana is one of the longest literary works in the world

Hindus call the uniting of an atman to Brahman what?

Who are the three main gods of Hinduism?

Early Hinduism temples were very large and elaborate.

Which ancient civilization invaded the Harappan Civilization?

Which mountain range separates India from China?

Which region did the Aryans come from?

What is the oldest Veda?

The seasons in India are denoted by the change in what?

Which sect of Buddhism is more strict and could be called orthodox?

Which group defeated the Gupta Dynasty?

Who are the Kshatriyas?

What is located in between the Western and Eastern Ghats?

What are people who work to spread their religious beliefs by travelling?

Which mountain range is located on the northwest side of the subcontinent?

Kalidasa was a famous writer of the time who wrote the Panchatatra.

Hindus believe in reincarnation.

What is ahimsa?

Who are the Vaisyas?

The people who were considered the lowest of the low in the caste system were called what?

Which desert is located between the Hindu Kush and the Himalayas?

What is the highest point in the Himalayas?

Which continent is India located on?

What religion did the Gupta Dynasty favor?

What are the final group of Vedic Texts called?

Which religion that broke off of Hinduism was led by Mahavira and practiced ahimsa?

Who was the first Gupta emperor?

What is injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help them build up defenses to fight the disease?

What is the science of working with metals?

Which important Indian River is located between the Thar Desert and the Hindu Kush?

What is the Hindu number system called?

Under which ruler did Gupta society reach its height?

What is focusing the mind on spiritual ideas?