Ancient Indian History Quiz 136 (20 MCQs)

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1. When your soul is one with Brahman and you are free from pain or fear
2. Where did the Aryans first settled
3. The three main types of structures, all serving religious purposes, were the pillar, the stupa, and the rock chamber. During Asoka's reign, many stone pillars were erected along roads to mark sites of events in the Buddha's life. The polished sandstone pillars weighed up to 50 tons (45.4t) each and rose as high as 50 feet (15 m). Each was topped with a carved lion, uttering the Buddha's message.What was each pillar topped with?
4. Who was the founder of Hinduism?
5. In Buddhism and Hinduism the effects that are good and bad on a person's soul
6. Who founded the Mauryan Empire?
7. Who wrote Sushruta-Samhita?
8. What vocabulary word means:The first written language of India.
9. What two rivers were a major part of the agricultural geography of ancient India
10. Tools, and methods, to make tasks easier
11. Which statement is true of the Hindu caste system:
12. What years was Ancient India a successful civilization?
13. What other city formed on the same river as the Harappan?
14. (Hinduism) A person's essential self, the life force found within all living beings
15. Better roads, more security and coins helped trade to grow in India.
16. 6.H.2.1:How did the invasion of the Aryans change the Indus River Valley
17. Belief system that started in India in the 500s BCE in which believers seek enlightenment and the overcoming of suffering.
18. According to Hinduism, people are reborn into new physical forms. The form one is born into depends on one's
19. True or False:You are born into your caste.
20. Brahma was an important Hindu deity, or God, whose role was