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| 4842960857 | Chandragupta Maurya | An ambitious adventurer who created the Mauryan empire in 321 BC | 0 | |
| 4842980630 | Ashoka Maurya | Best emperor of the Mauryan dynasty. Began his reign as a conqueror and conquered the kingdom of Kalinga. Better known as a governor who ruled through a tightly organized bureaucracy in his capital at Pataliputra. Made a central treasury. Died in 232 BC | 1 | |
| 4843000116 | Mauryan Dynasty | 321 - 185 BC. The first state to bring a centralized and unified government to most of the Indian subcontinent. | 2 | |
| 4843001452 | Bactria | Conquered Northwestern India after the Mauryan Empire. Greek speaking conquerors who were Alexander the Great's imperial heirs. Made a Greco-Bactrian Kingdom in 250 BC. Capital city is Taxila. | 3 | |
| 4843002966 | Kushan Empire | Conquered the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. 1 - 270 CE. Originally nomadic conquerors. They were enthusiastic supporters of Buddhism. | 4 | |
| 4843004434 | Gupta Dynasty | Left local government and administration in the hands of their allies in various regions of their empire. Brought stability and prosperity to the subcontinent. 320 - 415 CE. | 5 | |
| 4843004435 | White Huns | A nomadic people from Central Asia who occupied Bactria during the 4th Century. | 6 | |
| 4843008708 | Caste System | Rigid social order in India created by the Aryans. The levels are Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. | 7 | |
| 4843010114 | Jati | Subcastes... assumed much of the responsibility of maintaining social order in India. | 8 | |
| 4843011638 | Brahmin | Priests. Highest level of the caste system. | 9 | |
| 4843012855 | Vardhamana Mahavira | A great teacher of Jainism in the late 6th Century. Left home at the age of 30 to seek salvation, led ascetic life, gained enlightenment, abandoned all worldly goods. Died in 468 BC. His disciples were known as Jina. | 10 | |
| 4843014184 | Jainism | Religion which believed virtually that everything in the universe - humans, animals, plants, the air, bodies of water - possessed a soul. As long as they remained trapped in terrestrial bodies, these souls experienced suffering. Jains went to extremes to not hurt souls. | 11 | |
| 4843015324 | Siddhartha Gautama | Creator of Buddhism. Was a Kshatriyas prince who left his life to discover why there was suffering. Became the Buddha. | 12 | |
| 4843015325 | Buddhism | Leading a moderate lifestyle characterized by quiet contemplation, thoughtful reflection, and disciplined self-control to reduce desires for material goods and other worldly attractions resulting eventually in the detachment from the world itself. (Nirvana) | 13 | |
| 4843018881 | The Bhagavad Gita | A short poetic work which illustrates both the expectations that Hinduism made of individuals and the promise of salvation that it held out to them. Made between 300 BC and 300 CE. A dialogue between Arjuna, a Kshatriya warrior about to enter battle, and his charioteer Krishna, a human incarnation of the god of vishnu. | 14 | |
| 4843021369 | Hinduism | Promised salvation precisely to those who participated actively in the world and met their caste responsibilities...taught that individuals should meet their responsibilities in detached fashion: not become personally or emotionally involved in their actions, and not strive for material reward or recognition. But instead, perform their duties faithfully concentrating on their actions alone with no thought as to their consequences. | 15 |
