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Ancient India Trivia

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






2. Sankrit word for cheifs (who ruled over major Aryan groups)






3. The god - 'Lord of Creation' - was known as ...






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






5. Is the term for - 'Great'






6. A ... is a teacher of religion who has followers.






7. Was the Greek ambassador who was impressed with Chandragupta's work and wrote about it.






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






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






10. The religion that took place in the woods - where people would not do everyday things.






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






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






13. A Pandava Prince who is known for his might and for being the middle brother. He was in the dilemma of killing his family or killing himself. He took advice from his chariot driver - without knowing it as Krishna.






14. The Sankrit word for tribe






15. Term for renouncing the worldly life






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






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






18. Was the principal of tolerance for other views






19. Word for pleasure






20. 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






21. A heroic Warrior






22. 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.






23. Was the community of nuns and Monks in Buddhism.






24. The four texts that were chanted and passed down by generation and taught about the Aryan gods - gave instructions for rituals - and explained the start of the universe.






25. Is the language thatIndians used for religious texts and purposes. Only upperclassmen were able to read this language (Brahmins).






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






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






28. Disguised himself as Arjuna's charioteer and urged him to fight in war - during the Mahabharata.






29. The term for universal soul - which was introduced in the Upanishads.






30. Represents oneness with Brahman and is achieved through meditation. It exists above all the Varnas.






31. Was Rama's father who died when he was forced to complete his dharma by banishing Rama.






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






33. Is the term for - 'Great'






34. Slaves who were represented as Purusha's feet in the Aryan Caste System.






35. Also known has the Buddha. Known for saying he was awake - to imply that he was merely aware of what went on around him. Started the Religion of Buddhism.






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






37. Was Siddhartha Gautama's charioteer.






38. The time period of the two main epics - the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.






39. Was Rama's brother who came with him during his exile. He was a dedicated brother and fought for Rama - especially during Rama's expedition to get Sita back.






40. The time period of the Vedas (1 -500 B.C.E. to 1 -000 B.C.E)






41. 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.






42. Great (Aryan) cheifs






43. The capital that Rama ruled over was called ...






44. Term for heroic warrior






45. Was a prince from Kosalo before dropping out of society and creating Jainism. He was formerly known as Nataputta Vardhamana.






46. Word for duty






47. Was a prince from Kosalo before dropping out of society and creating Jainism. He was formerly known as Nataputta Vardhamana.






48. (literal definition: To sit near) - A collection of Ascetic teachings






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






50. Was the evil king of Lanka (Modern Day: Sri Lanka) who abducted Sita from Rama.