McGraw W.H. Chap. 5 India's First Empire

During his reign, Aśoka

After the collapse of the Mauryan Empire, the people who spread over northern India were the

A person’s caste was difficult to escape because it was based on

longest poem in any written language

Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer are the three chief

a literary work about the fictional ruler Rama

The top level of the Caste System was composed of priests & academic people, what is its name?

the greatest ruler in Indian history

determined the type of job people could have, whom they could marry, and with whom they could socialize

Gupta rulers earned large profits from

ultimate reality, or the end of the self and a reunion with the Great World Soul

a method of training developed by the Hindus that is supposed to lead to oneness with Brahman

belief that the soul is reborn after death

prosperous cities rose along the main trade routes throughout India during this empire

eight steps that Buddhists follow on the path to enlightenment

The golden age of Indian culture occurred under the

Herodotus wrote what is considered to be the first

The priestly class of Ancient Indian society were

self-denial as a method to achieve an understanding of ultimate reality

Buddhists believe that it is possible to reach enlightenment by

famous Indian mathematician and one of the first scientists known to have used algebra

At its height, Alexander’s empire extended as far east as

Who believed that the physical surroundings of humans—the material world—were simply illusions?

The Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras were four divisions of ancient Indian society known as

India’s golden age of culture flourished under this monarch

different cultures shaped this empire because a section of the Silk Road passed through it

Hinduism, the divine law that requires karma and requires all people to do their duty based on their status in society

type of religious structure originally meant to house relics of the Buddha

A common belief shared by Hindus and Buddhists is that

Another way that Buddhism differed from Hinduism was that Buddhists rejected

Lowest level of Ancient Indian society who were given tasks seen as the most polluting were

One way that Buddhism differed from Hinduism was Buddhists believed that

Siddhārtha Gautama was the founder of

The Eightfold Path includes the idea that we must

Term used by the Portuguese to designate the fixed social groups into which individuals are born.

Reincarnation is the Hindu

the “Enlightened One”

the word used by Vedic Aryans to refer to the four groups that made up what they viewed as a proper, ordered society.

Ancient Indians excelled in the science of

the force generated by a person’s actions that determines how the person will be reborn in the next life

The Kushans adapted

religion that claims all people can achieve nirvana

the warrior-administrator class in Indian society

one of three chief human-like gods in the Hindu religion

Siddhārtha Gautama’s message about suffering and desire

followers of this religion believe in a single, universal force called Brahman

religion that reveres the cow as sacred and whose goal is to achieve ultimate reality with a single universal force

Which empire traded with China, Southeast Asia, and the Mediterranean?

A distinct feature of the Kushan Empire was the development of

Who was Siddhārtha Gautama?