Classical Civilization: India
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| 196754503 | Classical India was settled by... | Aryans after Harrapa's collapse | 0 | |
| 196754504 | Mauryan Dynasty | 322 B.C.E. founded by Chandragupta Maurya, maintained armies and sustained a bureaucracy, invaded by Kushans in 220 C.E. | 1 | |
| 196754505 | Ashoka Maurya | adopted Buddhism | 2 | |
| 196754506 | Buddhism | founded by Gautama Buddha, goals were to achieve nirvana, but not requied to reincarnate | 3 | |
| 196754507 | Hinduism | goals were to reincarnate as a higher being, Brahma was creater, Vishnu was preserver, and Shiva was destroyer, no single founder, many rituals | 4 | |
| 196754508 | caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life | 5 | |
| 196754509 | Hindu vatis (castes) | 1 Kshatriyas (warriors) 2 (moved up to 1) Brahmans (priests) 3 Vaisyas (traders/farmers) 4 Sudras (laborers) 5 untouchables | 6 | |
| 196754510 | Mauryan dynasty was invaded by... | Kushans, which made popularity of Buddhism decline | 7 | |
| 196754511 | Gupta dynasty | ruled by Chandra Gupta I and II, occured after Kushans, smalled than Mauryan, golden age, tax system, no single language, encouraged art/literature | 8 | |
| 196754512 | India's isolation | Khyber Pass through Hindu Kush mountains | 9 | |
| 196754513 | Vedic Age | produces first epic Rig Veda (about Aryan gods) written in Sanskrit, 1500-1000 B.C.E. | 10 | |
| 196754514 | Epic Age | produces Mahabharata/Ramayana (about peoples' relationships), from 1000- 600 B.C.E. | 11 | |
| 196754515 | achievements of classical India | medical: bone setting, plastic surgery math: zero, numbers, pi art: buddhist shrines astronomy: time, year, measurements of Earth | 12 |
