Chapter 3: Ancient India and China (Part 3)

Question 1

Yuezhi state from Central Asia established an empire stretching from Bacteria to northern India in the 1st Century A.D.

Answer 1

Kushan Empire

Question 2

Established the Kushan Empire

Answer 2

Kanishka I

Question 3

Established in A.D 320, it unified northern and central India under one empire since the fall of the Mauryan Empire

Answer 3

Gupta Empire

Question 4

Founder of the Gupta Empire

Answer 4

Candra Gupta I

Question 5

2nd Emperor, the extended rule at the mouth of the Ganges River

Answer 5

Samudra Gupta

Question 6

Conquered the western part of India, creating the largest empire India has seen in 500 years

Answer 6

Candra Gupta II

Question 7

Oral histories, meaning “ so it was told”, do not emphasize dates The Gupta Empire is considered “ the Golden Age” of Indian History

Answer 7

Ltihas

Question 8

Mathementicians who was one of the first to develop what we call “Algebra”

Answer 8

Aryabhata

Question 9

Indian mathematicians during this time also developed the concept of

Answer 9

zero

Question 10

Most famous poet and dramatist of the Gupta age

Answer 10

Kalidiasa

Question 11

Pure emotions were essential to plays and poems during ht Gupta period

Answer 11

Rasas