Ancient India (LaPoint)

Religion in India was very different from the ideas of other cultures.

Ancient India's contributions to the world civilization included _____.

Creator of the Mauryan Empire & military leader who seized control of Northern India.

Which Indian piece of literature contains the passages called the Bhagavad Gita?

Paintings of the Buddha were painted in temples

The Indus River Valley is located in two modern-day countries. India and ___.

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

___________ were a collection of thoughts about the Vedas.

Mt Everest is located in what mountain chain?

The Harappan civilization developed in the valley of which river

The Mauryan emperor Asoka is known for all of the following except:

MAIN goal of people who follow Buddhism as it was taught by Buddha

Followers of Theravada Buddhism have rejected the Buddha's teachings.

Guiding principles of Buddha's teachings

Which of the following events happened first?

To reach enlightenment, Siddhartha meditated, _____, and did not bathe himself for seven weeks.

Term for a landmass that is smaller than a continent and often separated from the main landmass

This divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth or occupation.

The process of rebirth is called what?

True or False. The Aryan system was based mostly on family connections.

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

What is the term that means "Enlightened One?"

Sanskrit was the language of the ____.

India lies on which continent?

Ancient writings known as the ____ are collections of poems, hymns, myths and rituals.

Language in which sacred hymns and poems were composed in Ancient India

People who work to spread their religious beliefs

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

Jainism was a _________________ Hinduism.