Indus River Valley Flashcards

1
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What is the name of the large village in the province of Punjab in Pakistan?

A

Harappa

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2
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What is set in 2016 BC at the height of Indus Valley civilization?

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Mohenjo Daro

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3
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What is one of the oldest written languages?

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Sanskrit

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4
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What is regarded as the ancient language in Hinduism?

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Sanskrit

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5
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What is an ancient Indian culture?

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Veda

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6
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what is the name of an ancient yoga?

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Rig Veda

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7
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What is the ancient Indian epic that the main story revolves around two branches of a family?

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Mahabharata

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8
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What is n epic in south and southeast Asia about a king who has to save his kidnapped wife?

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Ramayana

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9
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What is a fundamental concept in Hind Philosophy?

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Maya

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10
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What comes from the Hindu-Buddhist philosophy of soul transmigration?

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Reincarnation

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11
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What is a collection of Indian animal fables

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Panchatantra

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12
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What ancient university and Buddhist monastic center?

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Nalanda

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13
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What is the force generated by a persons actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the persons next existence?

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Karma

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14
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What is a tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development?

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Buddhism

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15
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What is a prophesy that was given at Siddharthas birth that he would become either a powerful king or great spiritual leaders?

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Siddhartha Guatama

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16
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What is the first noble truth?

A

The truth of suffering

17
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What is the second noble truth?

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The truth of the origin of suffering

18
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What is the third noble truth?

A

The truth of the cessation of suffering

19
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What is the fourth noble truth?

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The truth of the path to the cessation of suffering.

20
Q

What became the official religion in Sri Lanka?

A

The earliest Stupa after Theravada Buddhism

21
Q

What is the lofty Tibetan Plateau on the Himalayas?

A

Tibetan

22
Q

What are some of the other religions?

A

Sikh, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam.

23
Q

What are ruling Empires

A

Maurya, Chandragupta Maurya and Chandra Gupta ll

24
Q

What is a collection of Indian animal fables, which has had extensive circulation both in the country of its origin and throughout the world?

A

Panchatantra

25
Q

What was one of the first Indian Mathematicians and astronomers Belonging to the classical age?

A

Aryabhata