Ch 8. APWH Vocab Flashcards

Mr. Treat ch 8 vocab

97432360	Indo-Aryan	a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages	0
97432362	Brahmin	A priest who held the highest position in Aryan society.	1
97432363	Chandragupta Mauryan	He founded India's first empire. He was an Indian prince who conquered a large area in the Ganges River valley soon after Alexander invaded western India.	2
97432364	Mauryan Empire	185 BCE, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was the largest and most powerful political and military empire of ancient India	3
97432365	Siddartha Guatama	the first Buddha who set forth the Four Noble Truth, The Middle Way to Nirvana, and The Eight-fold Path.	4
97432366	Gupta Empire	Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism	5
97432369	Chandra Gupta I	(r. 320-330) Established the Gupta Empire but came form no historical background. He married a princess of the powerful Licchaui lineage and named himself after the founder of the Mauryan Empire.	6
97432371	Hunas	The group who attacked the Guptas, leading to their fall.	7
97432373	Monsoon	a seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cold, dry air from the northeast during the winter	8
97432375	Asoka	grandson of Chandragupta; most honored emperor for his commitment to spreading peace and prosperity to all; was Buddhist but accepted other religions; decline came after his death	9
97432376	Vedas	sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests	10