Chapter 9 Flashcards
India Part II
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252829940 | Chandragupta Maurya | - begins conquest in 320s BCE - founds Maurya dynasty | 0 | |
252829941 | Arthashastra | outlined administrative methods by Kautala | 1 | |
252829942 | Ashoka Maurya | - 268-232 BCE - establishes bureaucracy | 2 | |
252829943 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | - laws of India published on stone | 3 | |
252829944 | Chandra Gupta | founds the Gupta dynasty in 375 -415 CE | 4 | |
252829945 | What was the decline of the Gupta dynasty | - smaller and more decentralized than Maurya - Invasion of the White Huns | 5 | |
252829946 | Ahimsa | nonviolence toward all living things | 6 | |
252829947 | Siddhartha Gautama | becomes the Buddha in 563 BCE - 483 BCE | 7 | |
252829948 | dharma | The teachings of the Buddhist faith | 8 | |
252829949 | Four Noble Truths | 1) There is suffering in the world 2) The cause of all suffering is desire 3) solution = elimination of desire & attachment 4) To reach Nirvana, follow Eightfold Path | 9 | |
252829950 | Four Types of Buddhism | Therevada Buddhism Mahayana Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Zen Buddhism | 10 | |
252829951 | Mahayana Buddhism | type of buddhism that was easier to follow than the more orthodox | 11 | |
252829955 | Therevada Buddhism | oldest school for Buddhism monastic life is the best way to achieve nirvana | 12 | |
252829952 | Hinduism | The faith that included reincarnation of elevation or fall in caste until reaching the Brahman after living honorable lives | 13 | |
252829953 | Mahadharata | secular poem revised by brahman scholars to honor the god Vishnu | 14 | |
252829954 | Bhagavad Gita | dialogue between Vishnu and warrior illustrates the expectations of Hinduism | 15 |