Ancient Indian History Quiz 273 (20 MCQs)

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1. The teachings of Siddhartha Gautama are found inwhich of the following?
2. A basic belief of Buddhists and Hindus is that how one behaves in this life affects what will happen in the next life. This is known as
3. What determined which category of the Caste System you belonged to?
4. Army warriors and rulers
5. The leader during the Golden Age of the Gupta Empire:
6. The prince who traveled through India and questioned the meaning of life
7. Which one of the following did Buddhist Monks not do during the day?
8. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha came up with these as a way to understand and over-come suffering. (You will need to know them for the test.)
9. Beginning with the earliest, what is the correct order of Indian emperors?
10. According to Buddhist tradition, how did the Buddha reach enlightenment?
11. Which word describes the totality of the Buddha's teachings, and is also known as divine law in Hinduism and Buddhism?
12. Buddha believed that people were
13. The cities of the Indus River Valley civilization were built in what kind of pattern?
14. Beloved Hindu God with the head of an elephant
15. What is the most important text of Hinduism?
16. What two rivers were the Indian civilizations settled on?
17. Confucius is credited with stating the "Golden Rule" . What is that?
18. What was Ancient India's economy based on?
19. A major river flowing out of the Himalayas
20. After the Mauryan Empire collapsed, the Indian Subcontinent .....