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| 6058860226 | Alexander the Great | (356-323 B.C.E.) King of Macedonia from 336 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E. ; Conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian Empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. |  | 0 |
| 6058860227 | monsoon | A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia |  | 1 |
| 6058860228 | Aryan | Indo- Europeans |  | 2 |
| 6058860229 | Sanskrit | Ancient Indic language of India |  | 3 |
| 6058860230 | The Vedas | The most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit |  | 4 |
| 6058860231 | Mahabharata | India's greatest epic poem; A Sanskrit epic principally concerning the dynastic struggle and civil war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the kingdom of Kurukshetra about the 9th century BC |  | 5 |
| 6058860232 | Ramayana | One of the two greatest epics of the Hindus; A Sanskrit epic, traditionally attributed to Valmiki, that concerns the banishment of Rama from his kingdom, the abduction of his wife Sita by a demon and her rescue, and Rama's eventual restoration to the throne |  | 6 |
| 6058860233 | Upanishads | Epic poems with a more mystical religious flavor |  | 7 |
| 6058860234 | untouchables | members of the lowest-caste Hindu group; a person outside the caste system |  | 8 |
| 6058860235 | Rig- Veda | The first Aryan epic |  | 9 |
| 6058860236 | Indra | the god of thunder and strength |  | 10 |
| 6058860237 | Chandragupta Maurya | A young soldier who seized power along the Ganges River in 322 B.C.E. |  | 11 |
| 6058860238 | Mauryan Dynasty | a dynasty which ruled northern India 321 B.C.E to circa 184 B.C.E. |  | 12 |
| 6058860239 | Ashoka | (269-232 B.C.E.) Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya |  | 13 |
| 6058860240 | dharma | The law of moral consequences |  | 14 |
| 6058860241 | Kushan | Invaded the Mauryan Empire after Ashoka |  | 15 |
| 6058860242 | Guptas | New line of kings after the collapse of the Kushan state |  | 16 |
| 6058860243 | Kautilya | Chandragupta's chief minister |  | 17 |
| 6058860244 | gurus | Mystics who seeked communion with the divine soul |  | 18 |
| 6058860245 | Vishnu | The preserver |  | 19 |
| 6058860246 | stupas | Originally a stone temple, dome shaped, holding relics of the Budda, a place for devotion. |  | 20 |
