Classical East: Classical India and China Crossword

Preserved Hindu traditions, Produced fine poems and drama, and made advances in mathematics, science, and medicine are all contributions of what
What became a closely guarded secret in China?
Hinduism and Buddhism have a common belief in
The teachings of this man, China’s most influential scholar, are found in the Analects.
Which philosophy was the Qin ruler Shi Huangdi following when he burned “useless” books, created a forced labor, and murdered hundreds of scholars?
What scientific concept did Indian astronomers prove long before Europeans did?
What did Wudi do to improve his system of bureaucracy?
During the Gupta Empire, Indian civilization experienced advances in what?
One way in which Confucian teachings, the Ten Commandments, and the Eightfold Path in Buddhism were all similar was that they
What is one characteristic of the caste system in India?
What influenced the development of the civil service exams and a belief in filial piety?
Which Chinese philosophy stressed that social order, harmony, and good government could be restored by organizing society?
In Buddhism, the release from selfishness and pain that comes from complete understanding is known as
Buddhism and Hinduism are similar because they believe in?
To give up selfish human desires. Buddhists believe one should follow this
These explain life’s meaning. They explain that pain and suffering is caused by human desires, such as the desire for material wealth and selfish pleasures.
The Mandate of Heaven comes from which Dynasty
The socio-religious system that developed in ancient India.
The permanent and rigid social positions a person was born into.
Respect shown by children to their parents and elders. A key concept stressed in Confucianism
Empire in India that established a "Golden Age of Hindu Culture," an era marked by peace, stability and advancements in math, astronomy, medicine, the arts, literature and education. Invasions by the Huns would bring about its disintegration.
Indian empire established by Chandragupta
Indo-European people who migrated into the Indian subcontinent around 1500 B.C. They introduced into Indian society a caste system and their sacred literature, the Vedas.