Ancient India Quiz

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

• Indus River

• Ganges River

• Yellow River

• Yangtze

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 religion is built on works and moral behavior and states that once a man has absolutely freed himself from his selfish cravings, he enter into "nirvana," the state of absolute peace and happiness where one loses himself into nothingness?

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Confucianism

• Taosim

The most important group in India's caste system was the priests, called the

• Brahmins / Brahmans

• Sudras / Shudras

• Vaishyas

• Outcastes / Untouchables

The lowest class group (composed of servants and serfs) in the Indian caste system was the

• Buddhists

• Brahmins / Brahmans

• Sudras / Shudras

• Aryans