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Ancient India
Classics 110
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Undergraduate 1
12/13/2007

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Indus Valley Civilization

Definition

2500-1500 BCE

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Aryan-Vedic Period

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Early Kingdoms

1500-500 BCE

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Mauryan Empire

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323-232 BCE

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Mohenjo-Daro
Definition
Early Indus Valley Civilization
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Harappa
Definition
Early Indus Valley Civilization (H)
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Meluhha
Definition
Mesopotamian term for India (Indus Valley)
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Sudasa
Definition
Aryan-Vedic King
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Brahmin
Definition
Priests in Caste System
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Kshatriya
Definition
Nobles in Caste System
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Vaishya
Definition
Commoners in Caste System
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Sudra
Definition
Non-Aryans in Caste System
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Magadha
Definition
Early kingdom on the Ganges
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Mahabharata
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Sanskrit Epic - Longest work of literature, tells of an epic battle (comparable to Iliad)
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Ramayana
Definition
Sanskrit Epic - King Rama rescues wife Sita
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Vishnu and Lakshmi
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God of Creation and Goddess of Bliss
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Shiva + Parvati
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God of Destruction and consort
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Devi
Definition
Mother-like Goddess
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Krishna
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Avatar of Vishnu, appears to Arjuna in Baghavad Gita and advises him.
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Dharma
Definition
Duty to society
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Karma
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Value of actions
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Samsara
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Cycle of Rebirth
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Moksha
Definition
State of release
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Baghavad Gita “Lord’s Song”
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Part of Epic Poem Mahabharata
About warfare between kingdoms
Krishna - Avatar of Vishnu
Gives a large amount of religious instruction
Instructs king Arjuna on heroic and moral conduct
Has become a work of universal importance
Classic texts date to 4th /5th Centuries CE
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Upanishads
Definition
Sacred Hindu texts dating to 8th century BCE (Devotional hymns)
-Emphasize mysticism, self-awareness and rebirth of soul
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Siddhartha Gautama
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Buddha, 6th-5th Century BCE
oDevoted his life to renunciation of material world and teaching a spiritual alternative to the material world
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Nirvana
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State of, escape from suffering
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Jain
Definition
Renunciation of material world
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Mahavira
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Founder of Jainism
-(‘Great Hero) 6th-5th Century BCE
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Ahimsa
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Won’t harm any living creature, (ex: not walking on ants)
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King Chandragupta
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First King, Mauryan Empire
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King Ashoka
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Buddhist King, Conquest of Kalinga, Embassy to Ptolemy, Rock and Pillar edicts
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Eucratides
Definition
Indo-Greek Bactrian King, gold coin
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Menander
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Bactrian Indo-Greek King, became buddhist
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Taxila
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Capital of the Bactrian Empire in India
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Kushan Empire
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Northwest Indian kingdom (1st-2nd C CE)
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King Kanishka
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Kushan King
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Peshawar
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Capital of Kushan Empire
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Pataliputra (Patna)
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Capital of Mauryan empire
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Gandharan art
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Art showing Greek/Indian influences
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King Arjuna
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King of Parata (Baluchistan)in 2nd C CE
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Gupta Empire
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4th - 6th C CE
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Samudragupta
Definition
Gupta King 335-375 CE
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Chandragupta II
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Gupta King 375-415 CE
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Kumaragupta
Definition
Gupta King 415-455 CE
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Ajanta
Definition
Buddhist Art (caves)
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Dinar
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Greek coinage
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Kalidasa
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Greatest Indian Poet, wrote under Chandragupta II
-Sanskrit plays and love poems
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Sakuntala
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Story of King Dushyanta, written by Kalidasa
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Andhra
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In central India
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