ULPIANO KOLA KOLA GOES TO INDIA

HOW WELL DID YOU MEMORIZE FACTS ABOUT INDIA? By Dra. Cecilia Levallois H.

Label true or false each sentence, then write why it is false in case you said so.

_________1. Atman is the soul in Buddhism, and that is why Mohandas Gandhi was named Mahatma by the bard Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel prize winner of 1913.

_________2. Siddhartha Gautama Buddha had 2 wives, each gave him a son while he lived with them, and when one of them chased him out of the house, he took the road to find answers.

_________3. Hinduism was brought to India by the nomadic Aryans, they collected its teachings in the Mahabharatha.

_________4. The Vedas are books containing the largest and longest poem of all Indian literature.

________5. The Hindus believe in many gods, reincarnation and they are meat lovers.

________6. Buddhists believe that Nirvana is the state of perfection for the soul.

________7. Both Buddhism and Hinduism are very popular in India and the Far East.

________8. The Eightfold path is the basic guide for Hinduism.

________9. The system of castes is also adopted by the Buddhists, who believe it utterly necessary for faith.

_______10.You may reincarnate in an animal according to Buddhism.

_______11. Buddhists eat eggs, dairy products and vegetables.

______12.  Asoka was a king from the Mauryan dynasty, after converting to Hinduism he became a great warrior.

_______13. Monsoon is like a tornado, very dry yet violent.

_______14.The Arthashastra is a book containing a very long poem so people get into trance.

______15. Karma is the sum of your actions determining what your destiny will be, in both Hinduism and Buddhism.

______16. Dharma is the obedience that humans owe divine scriptures.

______17. The Mauryan dynasty was created by a king named Chandrapushtra.

______18. Buddha died in his eighties, sweetly smiling leaning on a tree, assisted by his son by Kamala.

______19.Two important rivers cross India: the Ganges and the Nile.

______20. The Deccan is in the Himalayas, it is one of the enormous peaks along with the Everest. Asoka climbed those mountains.