State, Society, and the Great Quest for Salvation in India
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| 7403991513 | Punjab | A northern region of India. It is the only way one can enter India by land without going over the Himalayas | 0 | |
| 7403991514 | Maurya Dynasty | An Indian Empire that had a bureaucratic administration. It unified all of India into a peaceful and stable empire save for the southern tip of India | 1 | |
| 7403991515 | Maurya Dynasty | A dynasty that fell when it overtaxed the people, which led to rebellion which overthrew the emperor. It split into multiple regional kingdoms | 2 | |
| 7403991516 | Maurya Dynasty | The empire in India that supported Buddhism, and later accepted Hinduism when it arose | 3 | |
| 7403991517 | varna | The main social class distinction in the caste system | 4 | |
| 7403991518 | brahmins | The head social class, the priests in the caste system | 5 | |
| 7403991519 | kshatriyas | the nobles and warriors in the caste system | 6 | |
| 7403991520 | vaishyas | the artisans and merchants in the caste system | 7 | |
| 7403991521 | shudras | the peasants and serfs in the caste system | 8 | |
| 7403991522 | untouchables | The lowest social class who perform unclean and unholy jobs and are excluded from society in the caste system | 9 | |
| 7403991524 | Four Noble Truths | The core of the dharma and Buddhism that say desire causes suffering, elimination of desire eliminates suffering, all life involves suffering, a disciplined life following the Eightfold Path ends all desire | 10 | |
| 7403991525 | Noble Eight-fold Path | A teaching of Buddhism that demands individuals to lead moderate lives, reject luxuries, and follow an ascetic way of life to obtain salvation | 11 | |
| 7403991526 | Chandra Gupta | A leader who made alliances with other kingdoms and gradually made them subservient to his rule. In this way he founded the Gupta Empire | 12 | |
| 7403991527 | Samudra Gupta | Successor of Chandra Gupta who worked to expand the Gupta empire even farther. He helped rebuild Pataliputra and formed more alliance with nearby kingdoms | 13 | |
| 7403991528 | Chandra Gupta II | Successor of Samudra Gupta who expanded the Gupta empire and rebuilt Pataliputra. | 14 | |
| 7403991529 | Chandragupta Maurya | Founder of the Mauryan Empire | 15 | |
| 7403991530 | Chandragupta Maurya | A leader who exploited the turmoil that Alexander the Great left when he attacked India by overthrowing the Magadha empire and expanded his own empire into Greek Bactria | 16 | |
| 7403991531 | Magadha Empire | The empire that ruled Punjab, endured Alexander the Great's attack, and was conquered by the Maurya Dynasty | 17 | |
| 7403991532 | White Huns | The nomadic invaders from Greek Bactria who constantly strained the Gupta Empire with constant invasions and eventually overthrew it | 18 | |
| 7403991534 | Siddhartha Guatama/The Buddha | Founder of Buddhism who tried to find the source of suffering. He achieved enlightenment and made the Noble Eight-fold Path and the Four Noble Truths | 19 | |
| 7403991537 | dharma | The core teaching of Buddhism that includes the Noble Eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths. ( In Hinduism it is an ethic that says one must obey religious and moral laws) | 20 | |
| 7403991538 | guilds | A social unit in India formed by people who have the same profession and social class | 21 | |
| 7403991539 | guilds | A corporate body that supervises the wages and protected it's workers. Members formed their own small communities and caused the jati to be made | 22 | |
| 7403991540 | Gupta Empire | The empire that later unified India after the Maurya Empire | 23 | |
| 7403991541 | Gupta Empire | The Indian empire that was established through exploitative alliances, not through conquest. It relied on those alliances with regional kingdoms to govern | 24 | |
| 7403991542 | Ashoka Maurya | The grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who brought the Maurya Empire to its height and strengthened his control on his bureaucracy and built Pataliputra. He also supported Buddhism and built many statues and pillars to announce laws. His death sent the Mauryan Empire into decline | 25 | |
| 7403991545 | Kingdom of Kalinga | The independent territory that Ashoka Maurya conquered. During this battle he underwent a spiritual transformation making him a Buddhist | 26 | |
| 7403991546 | jati | A subcaste, it refers to your profession and many in the same jati formed guilds | 27 | |
| 7403991547 | stupas | Popular shrines that housed relics of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas | 28 | |
| 7403991548 | nirvana | Personal salvation one could achieve in both Buddhism and Hinduism that occurred when you escaped the cycle of reincarnation and obtained eternal bliss. | 29 | |
| 7403991549 | Vishnu | The preserver of the world. One of the main gods in Hinduism who often takes the form of humans. | 30 | |
| 7403991550 | Mahabharata | The Hindu epic that explains the role of your social class and involves Vishnu | 31 | |
| 7403991551 | Pataliputra | The capital for the Maurya and Gupta Empires. It was a cosmopolitan city that had massive wealth. It resided on the Ganges river and was well planned out to a rectangular shape | 32 | |
| 7403991552 | caste system | A social/political order system that was created by the Aryans. | 33 | |
| 7403991553 | Jainism | An influential religion that arose in India when people started to stray from Brahmin rituals. It involves extreme asceticism and believes even non-living things have souls | 34 | |
| 7403991555 | Vardhamana Mahavira | The founder of Jainism | 35 | |
| 7403991556 | bodhisattvas | People who obtained enlightenment but chose to stay on earth in order to help others do the same. They were examples of excellence and saints of Buddhism. | 36 | |
| 7403991557 | ahimsa | The process by which souls are purified in Jainism. In all religions, however, it is to not hurt any other soul in anything or anyone | 37 |
