Ancient India History

Along the banks of what river did the earliest Indian civilization begin?

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Yellow River

• Yangtze

What is the cycle of rebirths (the process of reincarnation) called?

• circle of life

• wheel of life

• wheel of fortune

• wheel of destiny

What famous Indian poet earned the title of “the Indian Shakespeare”?

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Kalidasa

Language of ancient India

• Sanskrit

• Nepalese

• Persian

• Aryan

The great god of Hinduism is

• Gautama

• Krishna

• Brahman

• Shiva

What are the rigid social divisions of India called?

• feudal system

• caste system

• aristocracy

• oligarchy

Indian ruler of the Mauryan Empire who renounced war and became a convert to Buddhism.

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Kalidasa

The early Indus civilization ended suddenly, and it was at this time (1500 BC) that a warlike people called the migrated into the Indus Valley. Who were these invaders?

• Aryans

• Greeks

• Mongols

• Huns

The basic tenets of Hinduism are found in the religious literature of ancient India called by what name?

• Vedas

• Sutras

• Scrolls of Hinuism

• Buddha's biography

What Indian religion states that the ultimate purpose and goal of every person, according to the Vedas, is to reunite his soul with the world soul.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Taoism