Exam 15: South and Southeast Asia Before 1200

For more than four centuries,successive Khmer kings worked on the grand complex of temples and palaces at this site,and each king built a temple mountain dedicated to his personal god.

The Aryans composed compilations of religious learning including hymns for priests called ____.

The pillar of Ashoka with its lion capital shows a strong influence coming from which of the following groups?

The Aryans,a mobile herding people,laid the foundation for ____ in India.

Which of the following was among the innovative ideas of the Upanishads?

The steatite seals found in the Indus Valley resemble seals found at contemporary sites in ____.

The small seal discovered at Mohenjo-daro reveals an interesting iconography.Which of the following depictions from that seal supports the Indian practice of meditation?

Which of the following was the unifying characteristic of the regional dynasties of South Asia in the third through first centuries BCE?

____ became the dominant sect of Buddhism in southern India,Sri Lanka,and mainland Southeast Asia.

The Vishnu Temple at Deogarh has guardians and mithuna protecting the doorway.Why is this done?

One explanation for the sexually explicit images at Khajuraho relates them to which of the following?

The caves of Ajanta provide evidence for ____.

The Indus Valley civilization arose in ____.

A chaitya hall is the best example of a ____.

The Gandhara region is the home of many portrayals of ____.

Which of the following is a Buddhist monastery?

The sacrifice that was part of the Aryan religion included placing ____ into fire.

To date,what has not been discovered in the Indus Valley?

Who was Ashoka,and why is he significant?

The profusion of sexually amorous couples in Indian art indicates which of the following?