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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The Indian civilization originated in this river's valley in moden-day Pakistan	Indus River	100%
These ancient Hindu scriptures written in Sanskrit named the Vedic Period	Vedas	59%
Hereditary social class system embedded into Indian society during this period	Caste System	53%
Female prime minister under whom India became a nuclear power	Indira Gandhi	53%
The 1947 Partition of India created this Muslim country divided into two parts	Pakistan	53%
A second war with that country in 1971 led to the independence of this country	Bangladesh	47%
British campaigns to India began with the efforts of this trade company	British East India Company	47%
Region conquered by the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510	Goa	47%
Founder of the non-violent independence movement against British oppression	Mahatma Gandhi	47%
Mausoleum commissioned in 1632 by Shah Jahan to house the body of his wife	Taj Mahal	47%
Politician who became the first prime minister of India in 1947	Jawaharlal Nehru	41%
India fought a 1947-1948 war with the above for dominance of this region	Kashmir	41%
This empire unified northern India under Chandragupta in the 4th century BC	Maurya Empire	41%
Babur established this Islamic empire, expanded by his grandson Akbar the Great	Mughal Empire	41%
Prime minister assassinated in 1991, son of the above leader	Rajiv Gandhi	41%
King of the above empire who denounced war and reverted to Buddhism	Ashoka	35%
India fought a war in 1962 with this neighbor for the control of Aksai Chin	China	35%
This sultanate was defeated first by Timur, then by his descendant Babur in 1526	Delhi Sultanate	35%
Magadha aristocrat who attained enlightenment and established Buddhism	Siddhartha Gautama	35%
Name the four social classes of the above system (from high to low)	Brahmins	29%
Indian rule shifted to the British crown in 1858 , establishing this colonial state	British Raj	29%
Political party formed in 1885 that pushed for representation and independence	Indian National Congress	24%
Bengali poet and polymath who won the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize	Rabindranath Tagore	24%
1930 peaceful protest led by the above against British taxes on salt	Salt March	24%
Southern Indian Tamil maritime dynasty that conquered the above dynasties	Chola Dynasty	18%
This empire unified northern India under Chandra Gupta in the 3th century	Gupta Empire	18%
National anthem of India, composed and written by the above	Jana Gana Mana	18%
	Kshatriyas	18%
1984 operation targeted against the Sikhs, leading to the above's assassination	Operation Blue Star	18%
Indian deputy prime minister who unified India's five thousand city states	Sardar Patel	18%
1919 massacre of Indian civilians by the British that roused Indian nationalism	Amritsar Massacre	12%
Robert Clive led the above company to conquer Bengal in 1757 after this battle	Battle of Plassey	12%
Tax imposed on non-Muslims by Aurangzeb, sparking conflict with the Marathas	Jizya Tax	12%
Persian leader who invaded in 1738 and massacred Delhi	Nader Shah	12%
Indian prime minister who reformed the Indian economy in the 1990s	Narasimha Rao	12%
This ruler, son of Rajaraja I, expanded his empire to Southeast Asia	Rajendra I	12%
Alternative name for the Indian Rebellion of 1857	Sepoy Mutiny	12%
Statue of the above, completed in 2018, that is the world's tallest at 182 meters	Statue of Unity	12%
	Vaishyas	12%
Name either of the two most famous astronomers of the above empire	Aryabhata / Varahamihira	6%
326 BC battle which stopped Alexander the Great's conquest of India	Battle of the Hydaspes	6%
Indian strategic game considered the ancestor of modern chess	Chaturanga	6%
1630-1632 famine that led to an estimated 7.4 million deaths	Deccan Famine	6%
Southern Indian Tamil dynasty that built Shore Temple and Varaha Cave	Pallava Dynasty	6%
	Shudras	6%
Rajaraja I, a ruler of the above dynasty, built this temple in 1010	Brihadisvara Temple	0%
Central Indian dynasty that the above was constantly at war with	Chalukya Dynasty	0%
Well-preserved site of the Harappan Civilization in the Gujarat region	Dholavira	0%
Term for the rival states in northern India before the rise of Buddhism	Mahajanapadas	0%
Muslim domination in India began after Prithviraj Chauhan lost this 1192 battle	Second Battle of Tarain	0%