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950143772Chandragupta.The first ruler of the Maurya Dynasty was0
950143773it ruled a larger territory.The Maurya Dynasty differed from the Gupta Dynasty in that1
950143774an array of regional political cultures.Classical India's political climate was characterized most by2
950143775enforcing rules about social behavior.The Indian caste system functioned as a political institution by3
950143776in the caste system.Buddhism differed from Hinduism by not believing4
950143777FalseT/FClassical Indian civilization emerged without any type of historical foundation.5
950143778TrueT/FThe Epic Age also saw the creation of the Upanishads, epic poems with a mystical religious flavor.6
950143779FalseT/FIn 322 B.C.E., a young soldier, Ashoka, seized power along the Ganges River, becoming the first of the Maurya Dynasty of Indian rulers.7
950143780TrueT/FThe Maurya Dynasty was a territorially more expansive than the Gupta Dynasty.8
950143781FalseT/FClassical Indian civilization was defined by its centralized state administrations.9
950143782FalseT/FIndian social structure was characterized by its fluidity and promotion of interaction across different cultural, political, and economic divisions.10
950143783TrueT/FClassical Indian civilization was able to accommodate a number of religious belief systems.11
950143784FalseT/FIndia's religious traditions ruled out the emergence of other forms of cultural production.12
950143785HimalayasThe vast Indian subcontinent is partially separated from the rest of Asia, and particularly from East Asia, by northern mountain ranges, most notably the __________ .13
950143786AryansDuring the Indian formative period, called the Vedic and Epic ages, the __________ conquerors impressed their own stamp on the culture and social structure of India.14
950143787SanskritMost of what we know about the preclassical period in Indian History comes from literary epics developed by the Aryans, initially passed on orally and only later written down in __________ .15
950143788Ashokahandragupta's grandson, __________ , constitutes one of the greatest figures in early Indian history.16
950143789GuptaIt remains true that the Maurya and __________ dynasties constituted the most successful political regimes in India.17
950143790BrahminsThe priestly caste, or __________ , stood at the top of the caste system.18
950143791HinduismUnlike all other world religions, __________ had no single founder, no central holy figure from whom the basic religious impulse stemmed.19
950143792Upanishadst was in the __________ that the Hindu idea of divine force informing the whole universe first surfaced clearly.20
950143793DharmaThe Hindu ethical concept of __________ was far less detailed and prescriptive than the ethical codes associated with the most other world religions, including Christianity and Islam.21
950143794TamilsSouthern Indians, __________ , were active in trading networks all over the Middle East.22
950143795the sum of mertis accumulated by a sould at any given point in tiem; determined the caste to which the sould would be assigned in the next life.karam23
950143796stone shrines built to house pieces of bone or hair and personal possessions said to be relics of the Buddha; preserved Buddhist architectural forms.stupa24
950143797rigid system of social classification first introduced into indian subcontinent by aryanscaste system25

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