Chapter 9 Flashcards
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What was the first Indian empire
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Mauyran
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Who founded the first Indian empire
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Chandragupta maurya
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What convinced Ashoka to convert to Buddhism
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The bloody war against the Kalinga
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What is ahimsa
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Non violence
Important jainist ethic
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Why did Buddhism Jainism and Hinduism emerge
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To meet the changing needs of the time
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What was Siddhartha Gautama concerned with
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Suffering
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Who was Siddhartha Gautama
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The fist Buddha
Started Buddhism
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Why did Jainism and Buddhism appeal to lower class
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They didnt recognize social distinctions based on jati
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What did Ashoka do to support Buddhism
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Banned animal sacrifice and hunting Vegetarian Built monasteries and stupas Made pilgrimages Sent Buddhist missionaries to foreign lands
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What happened to chandragupta
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He left the throne to become a monk where he starves
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Who ruled during mauryan empires high point
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Ashoka maurya
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Who was Ashoka maurya
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Chandraguptas grandson
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What war campaign did Ashoka maurya start
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To take Kalinga
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How was the Kalinga war or campaign
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Bloody
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What was the mauryan capital
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Pataliputra
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How did mauryan emperors rule
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Through organized bureaucracy
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Who oversaw Mauryan taxes
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Treasury
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What ended the mauryan empire
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Financial and economic difficulties
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What brought India to order after the mauryan
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Local rulers formed kingdoms
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Who were the Greek Bactria
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Alexander the Great Heirs
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Capital of the Greek Bactria rule
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Taxila
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Who were the Kushan
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Nomadic people who conquered Bactria
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Who made it safe for travelers to use the silk roads
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Kushan empire
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Who stares the Gupta dynasty
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Chandra Gupta
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Which Gupta ruler had an iron puller commemorating him
Chandra Gupta the second
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Who took the Gupta dynasty over
White huns
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What did towns produce
Manufactured products
Businesses on a large scale
Trade
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Trade by land
Silk Road
| Hindu Kush mountains
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Trade by sea
Indian ocean
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Most popular Indian trade item
Indian pepper
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What did wives do
Ran household
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Brahmins
Priests
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Kshatriyas
Warriors and aristocrats
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Vaishyas
Peasants and merchants
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Ancient Indian religious sacrifices were held by
Brahmins
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Greatest social contribution of the Jains
Didnt recognize caste system
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Buddha believed salvation came from
Leading a balanced moderate life
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Boddhisatva
An enlightened being, an individual who had reached spiritual perfection yet stayed to help others who struggled
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When ( under who's rule) did Kushan empire peak
Kashika
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Who governed the mauryan empire
Kautalya
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What type of trees did Ashoka plant
Bayan trees
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Who ruled India after the mauryans
The Greek Bactria
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Artha
Pursuit of economic well- being and honest prosperity
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Dharma ( Hindu)
Obedience to religious and moral law
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Who was the most popular Kushan empire
Kanishaka
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Buddhist holy site
Bodh Gaya
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What led to moksha
Balance of artha, kama, and dharma
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Duty of classes
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Susras= to serve
Vaishyas= to work
Brahmins= to learn
Kshatriyas= to govern and fight
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What did Buddhist give up
Personal property, social standing and detachment from family and the world
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Who supported Buddhism
Mauryan dynasty, Ashoka
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What did the noble eightfold path lead people to
Salvation
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What came to power after Alexander's collapse
Kingdom of Magadha
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What helped expand trade
Monsoon winds
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Where was Nalanda
Ganges river valley near Pataliputra
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Hinayana
Lesser vehicle
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What was different about Mahayana Buddhism
Buddha was worshiped as a god
Had boddhisatvas
Accepted gifts to gain salvation
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What is a stupa
Shrines housing relics of the Buddha and his first disciples
| Pilgrims venerated while meditating on Buddhist values
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Dharma (def)
The basic doctrine shares by Buddhist of all sects
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Steps to eightfold path
Lead a balanced moderate life
Reject devotion to luxury and asceticism
Right belief resolve speech behavior occupation efforts contemplation and meditation
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What caused the maurya empire to collapse
Financial difficulties caused by maintaining the army and bureaucracy
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What was the Kushan empires origins
Was originated from nadic conquerors from central asia
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Who did the Gupta empire fight with
The white huns
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What was the goal of early Buddhism
Nirvana
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What is nirvana
The breaking of the cycle of rebirth
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Why did Buddhism lose popularity
It grew increasingly remote from the pop at large
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How long was the Kushan rule
1-300ce
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How did Chandra Gupta start the empire
Forged alliances with powerful families
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Gupta capital
Pataliputra
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Who conquered many kingdoms for the Gupta dynasty
Samudra and Chandra 2
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Who governed and administrated the Gupta dynasty
Their allies
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Who were charvakas
Atheist
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What promotes movement based on Upanishads
Jainism
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What philosophy did they believe in moderate consumption
Buddhism
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Boddhisatvas
Saints
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Monasteries of Buddhism
Stupta
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During the time of the aryans what political landscape was their
Small kingdoms
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In 500bce the Indian political seance was changed by
Darius of Persia
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In 326bce India was placed in chaos by
Alexander the Great
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Mauryan emperor Ashoka fought the bloodiest battle against
Kalinga
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What language did the bactodonians speak
Greek
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Gupta was created by
Chandra Gupta
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Collapse of Gupta state caused by what invaders
White Huns
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Most pronounced ex of patriarchal dominance in India was
Child marriage
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What are the dharma
The Buddhist doctrines
| Four noble truths and noble eightfold path
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Shudras
Semi free serfs who worked on fields to make land fertile
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Two religions that eclipses Buddhism
Hinduism and islam
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What empire supports Hinduism
Gupta
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Why did Buddhism decline
It grew remote with the popular masses
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Moksha
Salvation of the soul
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Kama
Enjoyment of social physical and sexual pleasures
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Four aims of human life ( Hindu)
Dharma artha Kama and moksha
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Who was the model for all wives
Sita
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What was Ramayana originally
A love and adventure story
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Doctrine of Buddhism
Four noble truths
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Social order
Brahmins Kshatriyas vaishyas and shudra
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Epics of Hindu values
Mahabharata and Ramayana
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What was Nalanda
Buddhist monastery
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What Buddhism did the school on Ceylon recognize
Theravada Buddhism
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Mahayana
Greater vehicle
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What is a guild
A corporate body that supervised prices and wages given industry and provided welfare for members
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Why were guilds formed
New groups didnt fit into the social structure
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What did the people of the same guild do
Lived near each other
Socialized with each other
Intermarried
Cared for everyone on the guild
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Indian guilds
Jati
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Who taught Jainism
Vardhamana mahavira
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What is vardhamana known as
Jina ( the conqueror)
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Followers of Jainism were called
Jains
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Jainist ethics
Vegetarian
Ahimsa
Very demanding
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Ahimsa
Nonviolence to other living things or their souls
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Who stares Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama
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Siddhartha Gautama known as
Buddha ( the enlightened one)
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What was the song of The Lord
Bhagavad Gita
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What did the four noble truths teach
Desire is the cause of suffering, elimination of desire brings the end to suffering and disciplined life conducted with the noble eightfold path eliminate desire
