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Ancient Indian History Quiz 181 (25 MCQs)

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1. The Indus River flows into this body of water _____
2. In Buddhism and Hinduism, belief that one can return in another form after death
3. After the collapse of the Mauryan Empire the people who spread over northern India as far as the central Ganges Valley into modern day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia were the
4. How were the approaches of Chandragupta Maurya similar and different when ruling the Mauryan Empire?
5. What is the central concept of Buddhism?
6. What religion is built on works and moral behavior and states that once a man has absolutely freed himself from his selfish cravings, he enter into "nirvana, " the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?
7. To _____ is to focus the mind inward in order to find spiritual awareness or relaxation
8. 8 fold path and 4 noble truths
9. They had running water, indoor plumbing, and a sewage system
10. To which caste did warriors belong?
11. The main language of the Aryans
12. Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs
13. How many verses does the MAHABHARATA have?
14. What is the name of the Buddhist temples that housed sacred items from the life of Buddha?
15. Mountain range in north India
16. What do the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus rivers have in common?
17. The Indus Valley had a very large and dangerous army.
18. Animal used in war in Ancient India
19. A member of the highest, priestly class in the traditional Indian caste system
20. Indian farmers who owned their own land had to pay taxes to the state and Indian farmers who rented land had to pay high rents to the landlords.
21. According to the caste system which group includes warriors and rulers?
22. Metallurgy means:
23. Fixed social class system into which a person is born is called a-
24. Which empire leaders used a "how to" book called the Arthashastra to guide them in how they ruled the kingdom?
25. What major landform blocks India from the rest of Asia?
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