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Chapter 9
Question | Answer |
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What did Chandragupta Maurya do? | Founded Maurya dynasty stretching from Bactria to Ganges. |
What did Ashoka Maurya do? | Conquered the kingdom of Kalinga. |
Policies were written on what? | They were written on rocks or pillars. |
What happened after Ashoka Maurya death? | The empire declined due to financial problems. |
Who were the Bactrians? | Greek-speaking people who ruled in northwest India. |
Who founded the Gupta Empire? | It was founded by Chandra Gupta. |
What weakened the Gupta Empire? | Invasions from the White Huns weakened the empire. |
What did towns provide? | They provided manufactured products and luxury goods |
Who did they trade with? | They traded with Persia, China, Indian Ocean basin, Indonesia, southeast Asia, Mediterranean basin. |
With trade and commerce what new social groups appeared. | With trade and commerce new groups of artisans, craftsmen, and merchants appeared |
Who founded the Jain religion. | Vardhamana Mahavira founded the Jain religion. |
Who became Buddha? | Siddhartha Gautama. |
What are the ways to end suffering? | By the Fourth Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. |
What was the religious goal? | Personal salvation, nirvana, a state of perfect spiritual independence. |
What type of people did it attract more? | The lower castes people because it did not involve social hierarchies of castes and jati. |