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190376991friezesthe decorative pattern around the top of the building just above the columns, horizontal designs on walls0
190376992propitiatedTo conciliate (an offended power); appease; ease the anger or agitation of; gain the favor of or make peace with1
190376993autocraticoffensively self-assured or exercising usually unwarranted power, characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule2
190376994arthaMaterial success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life, economic and political goals3
190376995karmaworldly pleasures, (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation4
190376996Aryabhattawas a great Mathematician. Born during the Gupta empire. He claimed pi to 3.1415927, found length of a solar year, calculated circumference of the Earth5
190376997concept of zeroAllowed Indians to count higher more easily, helped with trade, through it the decimal system was developed6
190376998KanishkaGreatest of the Kushan emperors and supported Buddhism.7
190376999cadrea nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion, a group of trained, highly skilled people of training others8
190377000mundanebelonging to this earth or world, found in the ordinary course of events9

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