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TeamSpence India
TeamSpence India until 1500
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Universal Soul | Brahman |
| Dalit | Untouchables |
| Time period of the Vedic Age | 1500-500 BCE |
| Two most important cities in Harappan society. | Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro |
| Made agricultural society possible in norther India | Indus River |
| Instead of agriculture, the Aryans relied on.... | Pastoral Economy |
| Aryan's sacred language | Sanskrit |
| Orally transmitted religious and literary works that honored Aryan gods | The Vedas |
| Settling area of the Aryans during the early centuries that straddles the modern-day border between northern India and Pakistan | Punjab |
| The most important of the Vedas | Rig Veda |
| Means king | Raja |
| Subcaste | Jati |
| Major caste groups | Varna |
| Social Class "System" | Caste System |
| Priest class | Brahmins |
| Warrior and Aristocrat class | Kshatriyas |
| The cultivators, artisans, and merchants | Vaishyas |
| Landless peasants and serfs | Shudras |
| Work that describes proper moral behavior and social relationships, including sex and gender | Lawbook of Manu |
| Means enemies | Dasas |
| Practice by which a widow voluntarily threw herself on the funeral pyre of her deceased husband to join him in death | Sati |
| War God and chief diety of the Rig Veda | Indra |
| Aryan God that was believed to preside over the sky from his heavenly place and monitored the behavior of mortals and preserved cosmic order | Varuna |
| Body of Works that came after the Vedas that talked about being apart of a larger cosmic order and being a small part of Brahman | Upanishads |
| A deep dreamless sleep that came with permanent liberation from physical incarnation. | Moksha |
| Laid the foundation for the Mauryan Empire | Chandragupta Maurya |
| A manual offering detailed instructions on the uses of power and the principles of government used by Chandragupta Maurya | Arthashastra |
| During who's reign was the Mauryan Empire at its height? | Ashoka Maurya |
| Founder of the Gupta Empire | Chandra Gupta |
| Capital of the Mauryan Empire(and later Gupta) | Pataliputra |
| Predecessor to the Gupta Empire located in the central portion of the Ganges | Kingdom of Magadha |
| How did Ashoka encourage trade? | Building Roads |
| How did Ashoka expand agriculture? | Building an irrigation system |
| Veda means? | wisdom or knowledge |
| How is moving up in a caste system possible? | By a group effort. |
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