Chapter 9 India

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Kingdom of magadha

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By 500 BCE it was the most important state in ne India

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Megasthenes

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Ambassador for and representative of the selucid empire

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Chandragupta Maurya

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In late 320 BCE he laid the foundation for the Mauryan empire, first state to bring central gov to India

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Mauryan empire

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First empire to bring unified rule to India

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Ashoka

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Chandraguptas grandson brought Mauryan empire to its highest point

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Bactria

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Thriving commerce center established in 3rd century BCE

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Kushan

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Nomadic conquers attacked Bactrian empire

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Chandra Gupta

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Established the Gupta empire in 320 BCE

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Gupta empire

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Left gov in hands of allies, split in 5th century CE due to nomads

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White Huns

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Nomads that provided defense for Gupta empire, took resources and weakened the empire

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Caste system

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Social ranking based on standards

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Jati

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Sub castes based on occupation

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Jainism

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Belief that vardharna abandoned his worldly goods and taught detachment from the world. Believed that everything had a soul

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Siddhartha Gautama

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Born in 563 BCE left comfort to live holy, aka the Buddha

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Buddhism

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Idea that decay is eminent and one should live without worldly things so they can reach nirvana

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4 noble truths

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Idea that in order to end suffering, one must give up desire

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Noble eightfold path

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Called individuals to reject devotion to luxury and regimes of extreme acetism

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Nirvana

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State of perfect spiritual independence

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Dharma(Buddhist)

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Basic doctrine shared by Buddhists

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Stupas

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Shrines holding relics of Buddha

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Bodhisattva

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Individuals that reached nirvana but stayed behind to help

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Mahayana Buddhism

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Believed to carry more people to enlightenment

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Theravada Buddhism

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Strict Buddhism

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Mahabharata

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Poem depicting civil war for control of north India

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Bhugavadgita

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Song of the lord, depicts expectations of Hinduism

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Dharma(Hinduism)

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Obedience to religious and moral laws

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Kama

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Enjoyment of pleasure