Classical India

Match the Definition with the correct vocabulary word.

• Xuanzang

• Meera BaiPrincess, Poet, Devoted follower of Krishna

• Ramananda

• Religious Teacher and Bhakti Poet

• Meera Bai

• Buddha was a great teacher but not a God.

• Theravada Buddhism

• Type of Buddhism that believes in Bodhisatvas.

• Mahayana Buddhism

• Buddhist Monk from China

Organize these options into the right categories: Fact of Fiction.

Groups:

(a) Fact

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(b) Fiction

• Hindus of the Gupta period disapproved of music and dancing.

• Indian Mathematicians adopted the concept of infinity from Arab scholars.

• The Chola Empire emerged in the Southern part of India.

• The Gupta Empire was most powerful under Samudra Gupta.

• Most literature written durring the Gupta Empire was written in Sanskrit.

Aryabhata proposed the scientific theory that

• The Earth is round.

• The Sun revolves around the Earth.
• The Earth is flat.
• The Moon is the center of the universe.

The Gupta Emperors benefited from trade by

• collecting taxes on all goods that moved in and out of the Empire.

• isolating themselves from other cultures to maintain purity.
• focusing solely on agriculture for economic growth.
• reducing trade routes to limit foreign influence.

Rulers of the Gupta Empire practiced the religion of

• Hinduism
• Jainism
• Buddhism
• Zoroastrianism

________ was a famous author from the Gupta period

The Cholas built the empire by

• focusing solely on religious expansion.

• establishing a monarchy without military support.

• neglecting trade and agriculture.

• conquering smaller neighboring states.

A common feature of the Bhakti movements was

• strict adherence to rituals
• focus on philosophical texts
• worship of multiple deities
• challenging the authority of the priestly elites.

Theravada Buddhism is widely practiced in

• Japan
• China
• Sri Lanka

• India

Bodhisatva is a person who

• is a person who has achieved enlightenment.
• is a deity in Buddhist mythology.
• is someone who renounces all worldly possessions.
• person who delays Nirvana to continue doing good on earth.