India

Aryans

Light skinned _______________________from north of the Black and Caspian Seas

Invade the _____________________________around 1500 BC

__________________________Indus River Valley and Ganges Plain

Organized into tribes of _________________________________________

o

Each tribe led by a __________________________

Raiding each others tribes because cattle =

______________________________

Dozens of words to describe _________________________

Cattle become so sacred that there is a ban placed on

________________________

Sanskrit _______________________________
o

No _____________________________ language at first

Oral tradition of ______________________________________ and historical

records

When written down the religious rituals and stories are called the
__________________ Books of Knowledge

Left no_________________________ or ___________________________

________ main social classes __________________________

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No mixing of ____________________________________________!

Dharmas = ___________________________
o

Certain duties that you must do according to your

________________________________

How you act according to your _______________________________________

Epic poems make _____________________ clear by example

__________ epics
o

Mahabrharata

Rhamayana

_____________________ vs _____________________

Hinduism = national religion of ____________________________

o

Beliefs taken from _____________________ and epics

Everything living has a ______________ (not just humans)

__________________ combines physical and mental exercise

Reincarnation until union with the _____________________________________ moksha

______________ = how you act in this life determines what happens to you
in your next life

Rise of Buddhism

500s BC ________________________ religion branching out

Siddhartha Gautama
o

Born a Kshatriya _________________________

Wasnt allowed to leave his __________________________ and sheltered

One day rides around his estates outside of palace and is appalled by
______________________________________________________

Wants to end _______________________________

Leaves wife and newborn son at age _______ and wanders

_____________________

___________________________for answers

Friends start calling him_____________________________________, or

enlightened one

Spends _________ years teaching his beliefs

_________ Noble Truths

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All people suffer and know ______________________

People ____________________ because their desires bind them

People can end their suffering by eliminating their

_____________________________

One can eliminate desires by following

_______________________________________

Eightfold Path
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Know the truth

Resist evil

Say nothing to hurt others

Respect life

Work for the good of others

Free their minds of evil

Control their thoughts

Practice meditation

Nirvana = a state of freedom from the cycle of rebirth

Rejected the ________________ everyone is important

Spread by _______________ to other parts of Asia and Middle East

Splits into two sects

o

Theravada _____________________

Mahayana - _______________________

Indian Empires

_____________________ march through passes to create first empire

_____________________ of Persia

_____________________ the Great

Mauryan Empire _________________________________________________

o

_____________________ system

Strong ________________

Extensive ____________ network

Northern and Central ____________________

321 BC 184 BC

Grandson of Chandragupta renounces ___________ when he is leader and

spread Buddhism

Laws written on rocks in _______________________________________

Free ___________________________ and

________________________________________

Built roads with _________________________________________

Freedom of ___________________________________

Gupta Empire
o

About ______________ years of chaos before between empires

Chandragupta I & II not related to earlier one

Arts and sciences _____________________________

Indias ________________________________

Use ___________________________________ and _________________ to maintain

power

Made ________________________ official religion ___________________________

built

Arranged ____________________________________________

Create ______________________ and ______________

Create the numbers 1-9 that we use today

Algebra

Earth is round and _________________________

_____________ bones, performed _____________________________, invent

hundreds of __________________________________________________

Gems, spices, cotton, teak, ebony