How much do YOU know about India?

Because I'm navigating blind here, so I need a quiz/poll thing to see what is and isn't common knowledge.

PLEASE put the ANSWERS in YELLOW that way other people won't see and I can highlight your answers.

Here are a list of terms, do you know what they are without using almighty Google/other search engine?

Vishnu
Lakshmi
Rama
Sita
sari
saag
guru
daal
chapati
ashram
biryani
cumin
turmeric
odhni
cardamom
cloves
Kushan Empire
Buddhism
Brahmin
Ahura Mazda
The Silk Road

Thanks.

Snick said:

Just for curiousity, what are you planning? That period i Indian history and the Yuezhi are largely unknown. Unknown not just by most people, but the records are fragmentary. You might suggest that the Yuezhi promoted themselves to the Brahmin caste, which is why the White Huns disappeared from human ken or something else as interesting.

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By that time Kujula Kadphises had taken over most of the Sakas territory, though not all the way into Ayodhya (He will in the following year). From my research, back then the majority of the ruling class were either Buddhist or Zoroastrian. (There is a pretty strong case for at least one of his Queens being Zoroastrian. IIRC she was Persian/Bactrian.)

Saris came in with the Kushan Empire (though I doubt this is a fact most people will know) as a borrowing from Bactrian/Greece. They also brought in tailored clothing. The food would have been Aruvedic for Buddhists and Hindus.

I doubt the Yuezhi promoted themselves to the Brahmin caste, since later the royal family they became Buddhist, sometimes really hardcore as in the case of Kanishka. Kujula could have been Zoroastrian--there is debate about that, though. Besides, Brahmins can't rule by the rules of the caste system.

It is fragmented, but not impossible. I found the majority of the info I needed save the furniture, but there wasn't much furniture in digs to be had, so... I think I'm safe just mentioning basics like table, chairs, bed.

Further questions, you can direct to PM...

And and thanks for answering. It helped a lot. Great Britain seemed to be stronger than the US on Indian terms. ;; Didn't quite expect that so strongly. If you want your answers checked for whatever reason you can PM me if you're that deathly curious... though the other answers collectively should answer it for you.