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question 37

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions :
-Mauryan Empire

• A)Indian religion whose followers consider all life sacred and avoid destroying other life.
• B)Buddhas-to-be who stayed in the world after enlightenment to help others on the path to salvation.
• C)The eight-step code of conduct set forth by the Buddha in his first sermon, beginning with "right conduct" and ending with "right contemplation."
• D)The first Indian empire founded by Chandragupta.
• E)The transmigration of souls by a continual process of rebirth.
• F)The codification of early Indian law that lays down family, caste, and commercial law.
• G)The tally of good and bad deeds that determines the status of an individual's next life.
• H)The dominant people in north India after the decline of the Indus Valley civilization; they spoke an early form of Sanskrit.
• I)The unchanging ultimate reality, according to the Upanishads.
• J)The first Indian civilization; also known as the Indus Valley civilization.
• K)The earliest collection of Indian hymns, ritual texts, and philosophical treatises, it is the central source of information on early Aryans.
• L)The Buddha's message that pain and suffering are inescapable parts of life; suffering and anxiety are caused by human desires and attachments; people can understand and triumph over these weaknesses; and the triumph is made possible by following a simple code of conduct.
• M)The "Great Vehicle," a tradition of Buddhism that aspires to be more inclusive.
• N)Priests of the Aryans; they supported the growth of royal power in return for royal confirmation of their own religious rights, power, and status.
• O)The Sanskrit word for moral law, central to both Buddhist and Hindu teachings.
• P)The Indian system of dividing society into hereditary groups whose members interacted primarily within the group, and especially married within the group.

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