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Foundation of Indian
Inception to 300 C.E.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aryans | The dominant people in North India after the decline of the Indus Valley civilization; they spoke an early form of Sanskrit |
| Bodhisattvas | Buddhas-to-be who stayed in the world after enlightenment to help others on the path to salvation |
| Brahman | The unchanging, ultimate reality, according to the Upanishads |
| Brahmans | Aryan priests who supported the growth of royal power in return for royal confirmation of their own religious rights, power, and status |
| Caste system | The Indian system of dividing society into hereditary groups that limited interaction with each other, especially marriage to each other |
| Code of Manu | The codification of Indian law from the second or third century C.E.; it lays down family, caste, and commercial law. |
| dharma | The moral law that Hindus observe in their quest for brahman |
| Eightfold Path | The code of conduct, set forth by the Buddha in his first sermon, which began with "right conduct" and eventually reached "right contemplation |
| Four Noble Truths | Buddha's message pain and suffering are inescapable parts of life; suffering and anxiety are caused by human desires and attachments; triumph is made possible by following a simple code of conduct |
| Harappan | The first Indian civilization; it is also known as the Indus Valley civilization |
| karma | The tally of good and bad deeds that determines the status of an individual's next life |
| Mahayana | A form of Buddhism that is known for being more inclusive; also called "Great Vehicle." |
| moksha | Release from the wheel of life |
| nirvana | A state of blissful nothingness and freedom from reincarnation |
| outcastes | People not belonging to a caste; they were often scorned and sometimes deemed "untouchable." |
| raja | From an ancient Indo-European word meaning ‘to rule,’ and related to the modern English ‘royal,’ raja refers to an Aryan tribal chieftain who led his people into battle and governed them during peace-time |
| Rigveda | The earliest collection of hymns, ritual texts, and philosophical treatises; it is the central source of information on early Aryans. |
| samsara | The transmigration of souls by a continual process of rebirth. |
| sutras | The written teachings of the Buddha, first transcribed in the second or first century B.C.E. |
| varna | Another name for the strata, or four groups into which Indian society was divided under the caste system |
| Indus River valley | Beginning around 2500 B.C.E. the Harappan civilization began to emerge in the |
| Harappan Civilization | Indian civilization began in the Indus River region which was twice the size of Egypt |
| internally generated | Harappan's decline |
| The early Indus civilization developed writing that | remains undeciphered to this day |
| The term dharma refers to | the code of moral conduct Hindus follow in their quest for Brahman. |
| In the second or third century B.C.E. , Indian laws were gathered and systematized in the | Code of Manu |
| The Rigveda is | the oldest of the Hindu scriptures. |
| The Aryans introduced the caste system into India, an institution that divided Indians into all of the following social groups EXCEPT | foreigners |
| was the Persian emperor who conquered the Indus Valley in 513 B.C.E. | Darius |
| The early Indian civilization extended over | an area covering all of modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka |
| The cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were striking because | the cities were laid out on a grid plan |
| Repulsed by the horrors of war following a bloody battle, this Indian prince embraced the pacifist teachings of Buddhism. | Ashoka |
| The Eightfold Path is | The Eightfold Path is |
| The Four Noble Truths articulate | the Buddha's vision of human suffering and the possibility of triumphing over it |
| This Indian city had the most advanced sanitation system in the ancient world | Mohenjo-daro |
| Ashoka took up Buddhism as a result of his | remorse over the carnage of a military campaign. |
| The stone pillars that Ashoka erected throughout his empire | are the first examples of Indian art since the Indus civilization. |
| Following his achievement of enlightenment, this Hindu prince became known as Buddha. | Siddhartha Gautama |
| In the Brahman religion, karma is the | sum of one's good and bad deeds |
| The basic insight of Buddhism is that | the cause of all sorrow is human desire |
| Samsara refers to | the transmigration of souls by a continual process of rebirth. |
| The Persian conquest influenced Indian culture in all of the following ways EXCEPT | introducing Greek culture into India |
| In Hindu religion, the cosmic dancer who both creates and destroys is | Shiva |
| The founder of Jainism was | Vardhamana Mahavira |
| The core belief of Hinduism is that | the Vedas are sacred and imply the caste system |
| Which of the following was NOT one of the four varna of the Indian caste system | Sadhu |
| Jainism is based on the idea that | all natural phenomena have living souls |
| The ______ is the central ethical text of Hinduism. | Bhagavad-Gita |
| For this religious person, farming was impossible, wearing clothing was to be avoided, and eating meat was wrong. | A Jainist |
| From his capital at Pataliputra, this Indian king ruled most of the subcontinent of India, with a bureaucratic system and with control over many farms, granaries, mines, forests, and even the business of prostitution | Chandragupta |
| The two river valleys in which India's early civilizations developed were the | Indus and Gange |
| The period from the third century B.C.E. to the third century C.E. was the ________, during which regional kings fostered important literary works | classical period of Tamil culture |
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