Ch4 Lesson 1 Classical Age of India

By 335 the ______________ was the most powerful political force in northern India.

• 
  Sasanian Empire

  
  

• Mauryan Empire

• 
  

  Kushan Empire

• Gupta Empire

The Gupta Empire actively traded with the Mediterranean region, Southeast Asia, and _______.

• • 
    

    France

  • 
    

• • Persia

• • China

• • Egypt

Gupta rulers profited from trade routes because ________.

• they maintained a long period of stability

  
  

• Indian culture grew under their reign

• 
  

  technology advanced during this time

  
  

• they taxed goods going in and out of their empire

Cities with famous ____________ grew especially wealthy.

• temples

  
  

• monks

  
  

• 
  

  salt mines

• pilgrims

  
  

During the “Golden Age” of Indian civilization, _________ was the most valuable trade good.

• gold

  
  

• sugar

  
  

• cotton

• salt

Gupta rulers were ________.

• Buddhists

  
  

• Muslims

• Christians

  
  

• Hindus

Following the fall of the Gupta empire, the _________ empire grew in southern India.

• • Hun

• • Chola

• • Kathak

• • Gupta II

In his book Aryabhatiya, __________ proposed the theory that the Earth was round, rotated on an axis, and revolved around the sun.

• Chandra Gupta

  
  

• Samudra Gupta

  
  

• Aryabhata

• Chandra Gupta II

The Gupta Empire reached its height under ____________.

• Samudra Gupta

  
  

• Aryabhata

• Chandra Gupta II

• Chandra Gupta

Indian mathematicians adopted the concept of infinity from Arab scholars.

• True

• False