History - Ancient India Flashcards
The beginning of the second urbanisation in India is also known as ____.
Age of the Buddha
Founder of Jainism
Rishabhnath
- 1st tirthankara
- described as incarnation of Narayana in Vishnu Purana and Bhagvata Purana
There were ___ tirthankaras.
Last one was ____.
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Mahavira [means ‘the brave’]
The Rig Veda mentions two tirthankaras - _____ & ____
Rishab Dev & Arishtanemi
_____ was a tirthankara who left his life as a prince and became a hermit.
Parsavanath
- prince of Benaras
Mahavira was born at ___.
Kundalgram, near Vaishali in Bihar
Mahavira attained ____ at 42 under a sal tree in ____.
Kaivalya [perfect knowledge], Jimbhika Grama
Mahavira’s first sermon was at ____. His disciplines were also called ____.
Pava, Ganddharas
Mahavira became the head of the sect called ____.
Jinas
- initially called Nirgranthas
Three Ratna’s in Jainism
Right faith [samyak vishwas]
Right knowledge [samyak gyaan]
Right conduct [samyak karma]
Five cardinal principles in Jainism
Non-injury [ahimsa] Non-stealing [asteya] Non-lying [satya] Non-possession [aparigraha] Celibacy [brahmacharya]
In Jainism, monks who observe the 5 principles are called ____.
Mahavratas
In Jainism, lay people who observe the 5 principles are called ____.
Anuvratas
In Jainism, ____ is the philosophy of ‘may be’ and our thoughts being conditioned with no absolution.
Syadavada
____ was the doctrine of maybe-ness in reality.
Anekantavada
In Jainism, perception through the working of the sense organs is called ____.
Mati Jnana
In Jainism, telepathic knowledge is called ____.
Manahparyaya jnana
Jain monks migrated from Ganga valley to the deccan during _____ reign.
Chandragupta Maurya
- led by Bhadrabahu
Two sects of Jainism
Digambara - led by Bhadrabahu
Swetambara - led by Sthulabhadra
Buddha was born in ____.
Lumbini
Buddha died at _____ in UP.
Kusinagar
Buddha’s Great Renunciation at 29 is also called _____.
Mahabhinishkrama
Symbol for Buddha’s birth
Lotus and bull
Pratitya Samutpada is also known as ____
Law of dependent origination
Worshippers of Buddha are also known as ____.
Upasakas
_____ sect of Buddhism believe that they can attain salvation through magical powers.
Vijrayana
- their chief divinity is Taras
_____ tripitaka contains Buddha’s sermons.
Sutta pitaka
_____ tripitaka contains the philosophy of Buddha’s teachings.
Abhidhamma pitaka
Vinayana pitaka contains ____.
Rules for monastic discipline for monks
____, emperor of Kushan dynasty, was the patron of Mahayana sect of Buddhism.
Kanishka
_____ was the Bodhisatva who holds a thunderbolt.
Vajrapani
____ Bodhisatva was considered to be future Buddha.
Maitreya
____ Bodhisatva is Buddha of Heaven.
Amitabha / Amitayusha
_____ takes credit for being the first to worship human statues.
Buddhism
_____ is a style of Buddhist visual art that developed in now NW Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan between the 1st century BCE - 7th century CE.
Gandhara art
According to ____, Mauryas were connected to Nandas and were called ‘Virshal’.
Mudrarakshasa [play by Vishakhadatta]
_____ is the treatise of the state craft and public administration under Mauryas.
Arthashastra of Kautilya
____ contain the socio-economic conditions of the Mauryan period.
Jataka
___ contains the administrative structure under Mauryas and the caste system in India.
Indica of Megasthenes
Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa contain Ashoka’s role in ____.
spreading of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
There are ___ major rock edicts of the Mauryan period.
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Ashoka’s edicts were first deciphered by ____.
James Princep [1837]
Ashoka’s minor edict No. 3, discovered in ____
Sannati village
____ was also known as Sandrocottus by Greek scholars.
Chandragupta Maurya
Selecus sent ____ as the Greek ambassador to Chandragupta Maurya.
Megasthenes
____ was the first Indian to unite the whole of North India.
Chandragupta Maurya
Bindusara was also known as _____ by the Greeks.
Amrito Chates
- aka slayer of foes
This Buddhist monk credited Bindusara for conquering the lands between the two seas.
Taranath