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Ancient India Trivia

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1. The five branches of theIndus River that houses were built along the side of. The 'Five Rivers'






2. These guidelines advised small kingdoms survive in politics.






3. Was Siddhartha Gautama's charioteer.






4. Started the Mauryan Empire.In order to gain control - he overthrew Seleucid.






5. Was the prince of evil who tempted Siddhartha Gautama while he was meditating.






6. Was the concept of respect toward all living things and extreme self-denial. It tried to diminish several characteristics inIndia such as greed - and also urged its followers to act honorably - as well as accept other people's opinions and perspectiv






7. Represented non-violence to all living things and was taught toIndia by Nataputta Vardhamana.






8. AnIndian figure that Brahmins claimed to have comprised the world. Also represented the Aryan Caste System.






9. Was one of the more powerful inIndia - around the 16th century.






10. Is the cycle that everyone goes through (death and rebirth)






11. A dry plateau that was located below the Vindhya and Satpura mountains.






12. Is the path between self-denial and desires (it does not go to the extremes of Brahmanism or Asceticism)






13. The Greek ambassador who described details fromIndia to the Hellenistic empire. He was from the seleucid empire.






14. Survival






15. Represented non-violence to all living things and was taught toIndia by Nataputta Vardhamana.






16. Survival






17. Was a prince from the capital Adoyha. He did his Dharma and was an admirable ruler who respected his elders. However - when he was up for throne - his mother ordered his father to banish him. His father was Dasharatha.






18. The ... were doing your Dharma - having Artha and Kama - and most importantly - achieving Moksha.






19. Were souls that people aimed to free. This concept came from Jainism.






20. Great (Aryan) cheifs






21. Indians will occasionally refer to their country with this label - named after a successful Aryan tribe.






22. The 7 wise sages that Manu went on the ark with






23. Word for Aryan Caste System (social classes based on skin tone)






24. Laws and aspects of everyday life in the Mauryan empire were recorded on ...They are commonly found on stones and pillars.






25. Term for heroic warrior






26. The Sankrit word for tribe






27. Is the path between self-denial and desires (it does not go to the extremes of Brahmanism or Asceticism)






28. The religion that most people with power practiced was called ... It was modified to satisfy it's followers - so that they would not leave and join another religeon.






29. The valley where the seventeenIndian kingdoms developed






30. Was the preserver of the universe who created the universe under Brahma's order. He gave Dasharatha rice pudding which allowed his wives to bear children.






31. Were the visions the Buddha saw of an old man - a sick man - and a dead man. These sights inspired him to seek enlightenment.






32. Was one of the more powerful inIndia - around the 16th century.






33. Term for renouncing the worldly life






34. Priests who were on the top of the Aryan Caste system and were from Purusha's mouth. They were responsible for religious rituals and rituals. Their literal translation means - one possessed of Brahmin'.






35. One of the oldest continuous cities from the Gangetic plain that formed when the Aryans mixed culture with those already living there was called ...






36. Was Rama's half brother who took the throne when Rama was banished.






37. A follower of Hinduism is known as ...






38. The word for 'pure' - which was used to describe the Aryans.






39. Regular tradesmen - farmers - craftsmen - etc. who were represented by Purusha's legs.






40. A strongIndian tribe that influencedIndians to occasionally refer to their country as Bharat.






41. The theory that one's neighbor was an enemy and one's neighbor's neighbor was a friend was called ... This determined who would go into war with each other - and who would allign.






42. Was the religion that Brahmins made - based off of modifications from Brahmanism and certain aspects of religion from the Upanishads.






43. Were the people who did not believe in enjoying life - and got inner peace by finding a greater reality than their own.






44. Were the texts on dharma - which were made by Brahmin Scholars.






45. There is good ... and bad ...... determines whether or not you will move up a Varnas. Good ... is achieved when someone did their dharma and bad ... was received when someone did not do their dharma.






46. The book explaining how one could get pleasure (kama) was called ...






47. The first kingdom ofIndia/State ofIndia where the 16 kingdoms developed.






48. These guidelines advised small kingdoms survive in politics.






49. Word for 'Knowledge'






50. A ... is a sage