10634311072 | Provinces | Segments of land | 0 | |
10634311074 | Districts | Divided sectors in provinces governed by Ministries | 1 | |
10634311075 | Ashoka Maurya | Ruled 297-232 BCE, the high point of the Mauryan empire. Created the rock and pillar edicts, taxed, centralized, and encouraged Buddhism. | 2 | |
10634311077 | Ceylon | Modern day Sri Lanka | 3 | |
10634311078 | Bactria | Kingdom west of the Indus River | 4 | |
10634311080 | Ganges River | River in India, and housed Pataliputra | 5 | |
10634311081 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles, A series of edicts on...rocks and pillars that reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles; similar to Hammurabi's code | 6 | |
10634311082 | Kushan Empire | Alongside Bactria, ruled India from 180 BCE-150 BCE | 7 | |
10634311083 | Gupta Dynasty | Existing from approximately 240 to 590 CE. At its height from 319 to 550 CE it covered much of the Indian subcontinent. This period is called the Golden Age of India. | 8 | |
10634311084 | Mauryan Dynasty | A dynasty which ruled northern India 321-c.184 BC. It was founded by Chandragupta Maurya, who introduced a centralized government and uniform script. | 9 | |
10634311085 | Chandragupta Maurya | Conquerer who made Magdha kingdom expand to Mauryan Empire | 10 | |
10634311086 | White Huns | Nomads from the Northwest, brought downfall to the the Gupta | 11 | |
10634311087 | Han Dynasty | Second imperial dynasty of China. Founded in 206 BC when the rebel leader Liu Bang successfully ended the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty lasted for four centuries and is considered a golden age in Chinese history | 12 | |
10634311088 | Pax Sinica | Peace in China | 13 | |
10634311089 | Shihuangdi | First emperor of China; legalism; Qin dynasty | 14 | |
10634311090 | Xiongnu | Nomadic peoples who raided Chinese villages | 15 | |
10634311091 | Civil Service Examination | System under the Han Dynasty; People hired based on test taking skills rather than by blood | 16 | |
10634311092 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | A major Chinese peasant revolt that began in 184 C.E. and helped cause the fall of the Han dynasty | 17 | |
10634311093 | Vedas Upanishads | Hindu texts that talked about Brahma | 18 | |
10634311094 | Mahavir Jain | Born in 500 BCE; Founder of Jainism | 19 | |
10634311095 | Ahimsa | Non-violence | 20 | |
10634311096 | Siddhartha Gautauma | Taught Buddhism (Founder), also known as Buddha | 21 | |
10634311097 | Ascetic | Someone who rejects worldly pleasures, lives life of self dignity | 22 | |
10634311098 | Enlightenment | A state of higher spiritual understanding and achievement reached through reflection and meditation | 23 | |
10634311099 | Four Noble Truths | Doctrines by Buddha: 1) Life= Suffering 2) Suffering comes from desires for pleasure and material things 3) Eliminating suffering = ending one's desires 4) Follow the Eight Fold Path | 24 | |
10634311100 | Bhagavad Gita | Part of the most important writings in Mahabharata | 25 | |
10634311101 | Mahabharata | An epic Sanskrit poem of India, dealing chiefly with the struggle between two rival families. Said one's duty is from birth and to separate from attachment | 26 | |
10634311102 | Nirvana | a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism | 27 | |
10634311103 | Reincarnation | Being born again, and living life once more | 28 | |
10634311104 | Monasteries | Religious buildings by the Buddhist | 29 | |
10634311105 | Ramayana | Epic poem that told of Vedic lessons through heroism, romance, and adventure | 30 | |
10634311106 | Gandhara Buddhas | Statues uniquely combining Greek and Roman artistic traditions with Indian arts | 31 | |
10634311107 | Inoculations | Infecting people with with mild forms of viruses to build immunity | 32 | |
10634311108 | Arabic Numerals | Numerical symbols: 0-9 which was introduced in Europe by Arab peoples | 33 | |
10634311109 | Nalanda | Northeastern India housed ancient universities | 34 | |
10634311110 | Sarnath | North Central India | 35 | |
10634311111 | Confucius | 551 BCE, founder of Confucianism | 36 | |
10634311112 | Dao de Jiang | The. Classic Way: ideas of Daoism | 37 | |
10634311113 | Caste System | System of social hierarchy in India | 38 | |
10634311114 | Varna | each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra | 39 | |
10634311115 | Brahmins | People of priestly class of the Caste System | 40 | |
10634311116 | Kshatriyas | Warrior Class of the Caste System | 41 | |
10634311117 | Vaishyas | Merchants/artisan class | 42 | |
10634311118 | Shudras | Peasant class of the Caste System | 43 | |
10634311119 | Untouchables | Lowest in the Caste, given the work that no one wanted to do | 44 | |
10634311120 | Doclits | Another name for Untouchables | 45 | |
10634311121 | Jatis | Subcasts within the regular classes to house complex society | 46 |
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