AP world history chapter 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Classical India was settled by... | Aryans after Harrapa's collapse |
| Mauryan Dynasty | 322 B.C.E. founded by Chandragupta Maurya, maintained armies and sustained a bureaucracy, invaded by Kushans in 220 C.E. |
| Ashoka Maurya | adopted Buddhism |
| Buddhism | founded by Gautama Buddha, goals were to achieve nirvana, but not requied to reincarnate |
| Hinduism | goals were to reincarnate as a higher being, Brahma was creater, Vishnu was preserver, and Shiva was destroyer, no single founder, many rituals |
| caste system | A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life |
| Hindu vatis (castes) | 1 Kshatriyas (warriors) 2 (moved up to 1) Brahmans (priests) 3 Vaisyas (traders/farmers) 4 Sudras (laborers) 5 untouchables |
| Mauryan dynasty was invaded by... | Kushans, which made popularity of Buddhism decline |
| Gupta dynasty | ruled by Chandra Gupta I and II, occured after Kushans, smalled than Mauryan, golden age, tax system, no single language, encouraged art/literature |
| India's isolation | Khyber Pass through Hindu Kush mountains |
| Vedic Age | produces first epic Rig Veda (about Aryan gods) written in Sanskrit, 1500-1000 B.C.E. |
| Epic Age | produces Mahabharata/Ramayana (about peoples' relationships), from 1000- 600 B.C.E. |
| achievements of classical India | medical: bone setting, plastic surgery math: zero, numbers, pi art: buddhist shrines astronomy: time, year, measurements of Earth |
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