india

Question 1

varnas

Answer 1

caste groups→ brahmans, warriors, merchants, peasnats, untouchables

Question 2

Mahabharata and ramayana

Answer 2

indian epics orally passed on

Question 3

maurya dynasty

Answer 3

1st indian dynasty → following invasion of alexander the great

Question 4

chadragupta maurya

Answer 4

founded mauyra dynasty and 1st centralized gov since the harrappans

Question 5

ashoka

Answer 5

• chadraguptas grandson

- shikaga shogunate

Question 6

gupta dynasty

Answer 6

less centralized then mauryas

Question 7

gurus

Answer 7

• brahmans
• teachers
• of the guptinian princes

Question 8

Sanskrit

Answer 8

classical indian languege

Question 9

skanda gupta

Answer 9

last ruler of the guptas

-guptas demised under nomadic invasion

Question 10

shiva

Answer 10

• hindu

- god of detruction and reproduction

Question 11

vishnu

Answer 11

hindu

-god of sacrifice

Question 12

kali

Answer 12

wife of shiva

-evil mother goddess

Question 13

lakshmi

Answer 13

vishnus wife

-goddess of fortune