3548937686 | Janapadas | Small kingdoms | 0 | |
3548942567 | Gandahar | Modern state of pakistan | 1 | |
3548946620 | Sind | Southern pakistan | 2 | |
3548946621 | Punjab | Within the rain shadow and Harappan society. Had terrace farming. | 3 | |
3548946622 | Deccan Plateu | Southern India / Peninsula | 4 | |
3548955360 | Magadha | Most important North East state | 5 | |
3548955361 | Lanka | Modern day Sri Lanka | 6 | |
3548964343 | Vanga | Delta of Ganges River | 7 | |
3548964344 | Persian Occupation | 8 | ||
3548968242 | Nanda Dynasty | Dynasty that faced off Alexander the Great | 9 | |
3548968243 | Taxila | Chief political and commercial center | 10 | |
3548970804 | Alexander the Great | Crushed states across the indus and promoted interaction | 11 | |
3548970805 | Siddhartha Guatama | Buddha (hundreds of past buddhas) miracle->birth->devitional. Going beyond body | 12 | |
3548974372 | Bodhi-Gaya | where buddha received enlightenment (under a tree) it's a holy place | 13 | |
3548978044 | "The Four Noble Truths" | Desire, renounce attachment, opens you up to all things, follow the 8 fold path | 14 | |
3548978045 | "The Eight Fold Path" | Right view, Right Intention,Right Speech, Right action, Right livelihood, Right effort, Right mindfulness, and Right concentration | 15 | |
3548981011 | Chandragupta Maurya | Laid the foundation for the Mauryan empire (the first state to bring centralized and unified government. Brought northwestern India under his control. | 16 | |
3548990353 | Kautilya | minister of Chandragupta Maurya, advisor, wrote the handbook "arthasastra" | 17 | |
3548990354 | Artha-sastra | code of law with government | 18 | |
3548992591 | Law of the Fishes | big fish eats little fish | 19 | |
3548992592 | Maha-janapadas | 20 | ||
3548995400 | Asoka | promoted buddhism, born in magadha. Missionary, responsable for universalizing buddhism | 21 | |
3548995401 | Kalinga | Kingdom independant from the Mauryan empire wihile Ashoka was ruler | 22 | |
3548999254 | Lion Pillars | Basically a "how to" for buddhism and teachings | 23 | |
3548999255 | Rock Edicts | hammurabi rules | 24 | |
3549001875 | Mahavira | A great Jainism teacher "the great hero" | 25 | |
3549004293 | Jainism | A lot of inspiration from the Upanishads, too difficult to practice, but it didn't have tight social classes | 26 | |
3549004294 | Ahimsa | non violence to other living things or souls | 27 | |
3549007793 | Stupas | 28 | ||
3549007794 | Milinda | Greek ruler, converted to Buddhism | 29 | |
3549017830 | Kushans | Nomadic conquerors that attacked Bactria | 30 | |
3549017831 | Kanishka | Ruler of the kushans | 31 | |
3549023366 | Bhagavad Gita | "song of the lord" expectations that Hinduism made of individuals and the promise of salvation | 32 | |
3549027874 | Yoga | 33 | ||
3549033040 | Knowledge, action, devotion | 34 | ||
3549033041 | Arjun | Hero of Mahabarata | 35 | |
3549033042 | Mahabarata | The story of Arjun and Krishna that God can be embodied. The body can be anything | 36 | |
3549035834 | Ramayana | Guide for men and women to live a Hindu existence | 37 | |
3549035836 | Sita | 38 | ||
3549040816 | Hanuman | Money king, assisting an avatar | 39 | |
3549042955 | Danda Niti | the enemy of my enemy is my friend, exposed the law of fishes | 40 | |
3549045064 | Big Stick Policy | speak softly and carry a big stick | 41 | |
3549045065 | Sasanian Empire | 42 | ||
3549047387 | Kalidasa | poet | 43 | |
3549050648 | Salutation to the dawn | written by kalidasa | 44 | |
3549050649 | seasonal poems | written by kalidasa | 45 | |
3549053050 | Panini | Created sanskrit grammar and established the sanskrit language | 46 | |
3549055769 | Pentangeli | put together all the important yogas | 47 | |
3549055770 | Meghaduta | written by Pentangeli? | 48 | |
3549060957 | Yoga Suttras | written by Pentangeli? | 49 | |
3549064068 | Hunas (White huns) | Brought dynasties to a conclusion | 50 | |
3549067508 | Xuangzang/Faxian | Travelers searching for knowledge in India | 51 | |
3549070302 | Bodhisattva | people who seek enlightenment | 52 | |
3549075527 | Arab Conquests (sind) | 53 | ||
3549075528 | Angor Wat | One of the great Hindu architecture sites. National treasure. | 54 | |
3549078135 | Puranas | Folk tales of dravidians | 55 | |
3549078136 | Hindu Pantheon | 56 | ||
3549081284 | Brahmin | The universal soul, all is Brahmin. Upanishads taught that appearances are deceiving and that individual human beings in fact are not separate creatures. | 57 | |
3549081285 | Ganesh | The headed god, bringer of good luck | 58 | |
3549081286 | Kali | Shiva's force consort, the goddess of death is shown as fearsome, blood-drinking, four armed black woman | 59 | |
3549083968 | Rama | The personification of virtue, reason, and chivalry with his consort Sita, revered for her loyalty | 60 | |
3549083969 | Krisna | The eighth incarnation of vishnu, depicted with blue or black skin. Honored for his skills as a leaver and a warrior. His consort was Radha | 61 | |
3549086368 | Ravana | Demon king | 62 | |
3549086369 | Shiva | God of destruction, symbolizes the eternal cycle of creation and destruction | 63 | |
3549086370 | Vishnu | The preserver, the kindly god who protects those who worship him. Banishes bad luck and restores good luck. | 64 | |
3549088855 | Lakshmi | The goddess of wealth (a consort to Vishnu) | 65 | |
3549089824 | Saraswati | The goddess of wisdom (another consort to Vishnu) | 66 |
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