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| 5128860608 | From where did the first people come to India? | - before 3000 people came from Africa, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands | 0 | |
| 5128866519 | When was the only time that India has been unified into a single empire? | - 19th century British rule united India | 1 | |
| 5129970631 | How are the empires of India more like China than Rome? | - India persisted a sense of unity and culture even though it had short-lived empires | 2 | |
| 5130025659 | How are the empires of India more like China than Rome? | India persisted a sense of unity and culture even though it had short lived empires | 3 | |
| 5130025660 | When did Harappan civilization emerge and when did it begin to fade? | emerged in 2500 BCE; faded in 1500 BCE | 4 | |
| 5130025661 | Where did the Aryans come from? How did they get the name 'Aryan'? | name came from Sanskrit writing and language; origin is disputed but some say they came from the Iranian plateau, central Asia, Europe | 5 | |
| 5130025662 | Who founded Hinduism? | the Aryans | 6 | |
| 5130025663 | What is our source of info on the Aryans? | written materials that preserve oral traditions; Brahmins passed down traditions | 7 | |
| 5130025664 | Who were the Aryan priests? | Brahmins | 8 | |
| 5130025665 | What were the Vedas? | 4 of them; the first one was the Rigveda; religious reflections, not historical records | 9 | |
| 5130025666 | What were the Aryan states? How many major ones were there? | janapadas; some constituted themselves as republics or monarchies (like Greece); 16 large maha-janapadas formed | 10 | |
| 5130025667 | How many janapadas ended up dominating the rest? | 4 | 11 | |
| 5130025668 | Who conquered Alexander The Great's troops? What dynasty did he found? | Chandragupta Maurya; afterwards, he created the Maurya dynasty | 12 | |
| 5130059252 | Funan | independent state in southern Vietnam | 13 | |
| 5130171426 | What were the two philosophies of the Mauryan empire? | state above the individual policy of the big stick | 14 | |
| 5130185149 | What are 2 of the 4 major goals of life as taught by the Mauryans? | dharma - social and religious duties moksha - release from early existence and union with infinite power of the universe | 15 | |
| 5130202293 | Guilds | business associations | 16 | |
| 5130204206 | What were the edicts of Ashoka? | stone pillars that publicized Ashoka's accomplishments | 17 | |
| 5130209299 | What caused the fall of the Gupta? | invasion by the Hunas (barbarians) invasion disrupted trade | 18 |
