Ancient India- 9.3 Flashcard

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Buddhist shrines shaped like a dome or burial mound

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stupa

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a section of an ancient religious, heroic poem

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Bhagavad Gita

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used trade routes to travel to holy sites

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pilgrim

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the Mauryan Empire reached its height under his rule

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Ashoka

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founded India's first empire

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Chandra Gupta Maurya

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The Mauryan dynasty set up which type of government?

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well-run

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Who was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?

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Ashoka

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Five hundred years after the Mauryan dynasty failed, which dynasty reunited much of northern India?

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Gupta

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Which is an epic poem about a ruler who rescues his captured wife and that grew to about 25,000 verses?

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Ramayana

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Which Indian invention affected the study of mathematics and science? Options: algebra, algorithms, geometry, the symbol zero

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the symbol zero