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When were Aryans in India?
1500-500 BC
When were Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in existence?
2600-1900 BC
When did Buddhism begin?
563 BC
When did the Maurya empire reign?
322-185 BC
When did Asoka rule?
273-232 BC
When did the Gupta dynasty rule?
320-540 AD
When did the Delhi sultanate rule?
1206-1526 AD
When did Tamerlane invade Delhi?
1398 AD
When did the Mughal empire rule?
1526-1857 AD
When did Babur rule in India?
1526-1530 AD
When did Humayun rule?
1530-1556 AD
When did Akbar the Great rule?
1556-1605 AD
When did Jahangir rule?
1605-1627 AD
When did Shah Jahan rule?
1627-1658 AD
When did Aurangzeb rule?
1658-1707 AD
Was Mohenjo-Daro or Harappa more carefully planned?
Mohenjo-Daro
Which explanation for Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa's decline now seems unlikely?
Invaders
Who taught the Aryans to raise crops?
Local farmers
When did the Aryans learn to use iron?
800 BC
Hinduism is to moksha as Buddhism is to ________?
nirvana
What colour was the elephant in the Buddha's mother's dream
white
In the Maurya empire
order was maintained through what type of government?
The empire declined after whose death?
Asoka's death
Asoka converted to Buddhism after a battle against whom?
Kalinga
What purpose did the stone pillars which Asoka set up serve?
Moral advice.
Was Gupta rule looser or tighter than that of Maurya?
Looser
The Gupta empire traded with what three places?
East Africa
A Sultanant is based around what religion?
Islam
Why did the Muslim invaders triumph over the Hindus?
Because they had mounted archers which were faster on the Hindu's elephants.
When did Tamerlane invade India?
1398 AD
Where was Tamerlane's capital?
Samarkand
When did the Turkish and Mongol armies again invade India?
1526 AD
The Mughal dynasty ruled from 1526 to _________.
1857 AD
Babur claimed dissent from _________ and _______ ___________.
Tamerlane
Though Babur's force was small
what weapon gave them a distinct advantage in the battle against Ibraham?
Humayun was the son of _________.
Babur
What is Humayun's alledged cause of death?
Falling down stairs.
True or false. Akbar was extremely well educated and could read and write fluently.
False
Akbar ended the tax on ________.
Non-muslims
Was Jahangir a stronger or weaker ruler than Akbar?
Weaker
Jahangir's wife Nurjahan was nicknamed the '___________'.
serpent
Shah Jahan's peacock throne (if it existed today) would be estimated at what value in dollars?
$1
The Taj Mahal's builders received the not so great reward of ______________.
Getting their hands cut off.
Did Aurangzeb inherit the throne rightfully?
No
Aurangzeb killed his three brothers and had their three heads sent to whom?
Shah Jahan (his father)
Indus houses had complex ______ systems
plumbing
The people of the Indus were ________theistic
poly
The Vedas is a collection of __________ hymns
chants
Define Atman
The essential self in Hinduism.
Define Moksha.
Union with Brahman.
Define karma.
The actions of a person's life that affect his or her fate in the next life.
Define dharma.
The religious and moral duties of an individual.
Define ahimsa.
The Hindu principle of non-violence.
What are the 3 main Hindu gods?
Brahma
Brahma
the ________.
Vishnu
the ______.
Shiva
the _______.
What religion (besides Buddhism) developed from Hinduism?
Jainism
What is the highest group in the caste system and what people did it include?
Brahmins; preists
What was the 2nd highest group in the caste system and who did it include?
Kshatriyas; warriors
What was the 3rd highest group in the caste system and who did it include?
Vaisyas; herders
What was the lowest group in the caste system and who did it include?
Sudras; farm-workers
What was the lowest social group that was considered outside of the caste system?
dalits
What was the first of the four noble truths?
All life is full of suffering
What was the second of the 4 noble truths?
The cause of suffering is nonvirtue or negative deeds and mindsets such as hatred and desire.
What was the third of the 4 noble truths?
The only cure for suffering is to overcome nonvirtue.
What was the 4th of the 4 noble truths?
The way to overcome nonvirtue is to follow the 8-fold path.
Who was the founder of the Maurya empire?
Chandra Gupta Maurya
Who was Chandra Gupta Maurya's grandson?
Asoka.
When was the battle against Kalinga after which Asoka converted to Buddhism?
268 BC
Who founded the Gupta empire?
Chandra Gupta
What nomadic people overran the Guptas?
The white huns.
What creative energy were women said to have that men lacked in India?
shakti
Despite power struggles after the Gupta empire fell in 550 AD
India's culture __________ .
When the Arabs conquered the Indus valley in 711 AD
did they advance further into the subcontinent?
When the fierce Muslim
Turk
Who pillaged much of the north but did not settle there?
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni.
Who defeated Hindu armies across the northern plain and made Delhi its capital?
Sultan of Ghur.
When did the British East India company win trading rights on the fringes of the Mughul empire?
The early 1600s AD.
What was the final straw which create Sepoy rebellion?
The cartridges of the rifles that the Sepoys were issued were greased with fat from cows which
were sacred to Hindus and pigs which were for
What were Sepoys?
Indian soldiers in the service of the East India Company.
What was the outcome of the Sepoy rebellion?
The British sent more troops into India at the Indians expense and put India directly under the
crown instead of the East India Company.
At what age did Gandhi travel to England to study law?
19
For how long
in South Africa
When did Gandhi return to India from South Africa?
1914 AD
How long and when was Gandhi's salt march?
From march 12 to April 6
What are frescoes?
Watercolour paintings done on wet plaster.
The Taj Mahal was a tomb for whom?
Mumtaz-mahal
Sanskrit was originally the written language of what profession?
Priests in India
What religion were the Mughals?
Muslim
The Upanashads are a section of the ___________.
Vedas
What questions did the Upanashads address?
Mystical questions related to Hinduism.
Theravada and Mahayana are sects of what religion?
Buddhism.
Did Theravada or Mahayana more closely follow the Buddha's original teachings?
Theravada
Name two Aryan epic poems.
The Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
What did the Mahabharata depict?
The great heroism and fighting and battles of Aryan tribes.
What does the Ramayana depict?
The good deeds of Rama and his wife Sita