Ancient India Flashcards
What is a Subcontinent?
An area that makes up a lot of the continent
What is a Monsoon?
Strong seasonal winds that bring dry seasons in the winter and lots of rain in the summer.
Petroglyphs
Rock carvings/paintings
Zebu Cow
Humped and horned cattle
What is the Caste system?
There were three sections high, medium and low people in the high were known as Kshatriyas which are rulers and warriors and Brahmans which included priests and scholars. Middle class are Vaishyas which include farmers, traders and merchants. Finally the low caste which had Sudras which were peasants bound to the land and outcastes which were also known as the untouchables
Who is Brahman?
A universal spirit that is all the gods combined and he is the creator.
Kshatriyas
Ruler and warriors
Vaisyas
Merchants, traders and farmers in the middle class
Sudras
Peasants bound to the land.
Outcastes
Very poor and are known as the untouchables.
Aryans
Some believe they were crossed over the Hindu Kush and other believe they were descendants.
Sanskrit
It is complicated rituals done by Aryan priests or Brahmans.
Vedas
Sacred text used to record hymns.
Hinduism Dharma
It is the path a person should follow in their lifetime.
Karma
When a person does something, it creates an equal reaction. What u put into the world will come back at you. Karma also works in another life.
Samsara
Reincarnation
Moksha
Freedom you are released from the circle of reincarnation
Diwali
The celebration of light
Saratha Gautama
He was a prince and founder of Buddhism because he saw some old people dying and was like what’s the point of life if u die. Buddha means “enlightened one.”
Nirvana
A state if bliss end of suffering caused be the cycle of rebirth
Chandragupta Maurya
Ruler that gave up being violent and the throne to become a monk.
Asko
Very violent ruler but nobody liked him, so he began go to Buddhism and built hospitals inspired nonviolence plus he built these tall pillars in a lot of places that had all the rules and stuff on them and ran his empire in a nonviolent way.
Wheel of law
Single most important symbol of Buddhism it means forward motion and peaceful change guided by peace and virtue.
Chandra Gupta l
Leader of Magadha and began gaining power and established the Gupta empire.
Kalidasa
The greatest poet in Chandra Gupta II court and one of India’s greatest writers.
Mohandas Gandhi
leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India with nonviolent protests.
Mahatma
A title that they gave to Mohandas Gandhi it means “Great Soul.”
Satyagraha
Nonviolent resistance
Colonialism
When one country takes full control of another country’s government and all of their supplies.
Buddhism Dharma
The totality of Buddhas teachings also known as the divine law.
salt act
When India was under British rule the British didn’t let the have salt, they had to buy it from the British wich sold it for high prices.
salt march
When lots of people in India walked 270 miles to Gandhi 12miles per day.
