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100194084Kushan Kingdommany wars happened and there were many rulers; the people benefitted from the trade that passed through their land, mostly from Romans and Chinese on the Silk Road0
100194085KanishkaGreatest of the Kushan emperors1
100194086Silk Roadan ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles)2
100194087Fa Xian and Xuan ZangChinese Buddhist monk visited India, a chinese monk who brought back thousands of Buddhist scriptures and made Buddhism widely known3
100194088PataliputraThe captial of both Muryan and Gupta empires4
100194089Guptaa dynasty of N India (a.d. 320-540) whose court was the center of classical Indian art and literature. annnnnd under which the arts flourished and a unified code of laws was promulgated.5
100194090Chandragupta I and Chandragupta IIA Hindu ruler who started the Gupta Empire, Encouraged aesthetic traditions, and started the Golden Age - advances in art, literature, medicine, math, and science6
100194091Bamiyan BuddhasAncient Buddhist monestary; blown up by Taliban; only one religion7
100194092Nirvanaany place of complete bliss and delight and peace8
100194093Theravadaone of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing personal salvation through your own efforts9
100194094Mahayanaone of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a common search for universal salvation especially through faith alone10
100194095Hinayanaan offensive name for Theravada Buddhism11
100194096BodhisattvaBuddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others12
100194097Avalokitesvara/Guan Yina male Bodhisattva, famous Chinese female bodhisattva13
100194098Bhakti(Hinduism) loving devotion to a deity leading to salvation and Nirvana14
100194099Mahmud of GhazniThird ruler of Turkish slave dynasty in Afghanistan; led invasions of northern India; credited with sacking one of wealthiest of Hindu temples in northern India; gave Muslims reputation for intolerance and aggression.15
100194100The Sind and PunjabIndus Valley region of Pakistan. Taken over in 711 C.E., a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan16
100194101RajputsMembers of a mainly Hindu warrior caste from northwest India. The Mughal emperors drew most of their Hindu officials from this caste, and Akbar I married a Rajput princess. (p. 537)17
100194102Tughluqof north India started in 1321 in Delhi when Ghazi Tughlaq assumed the throne under the title of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq.18
100194103Delhi SultanateA Muslim leader of Ghur who defeated Hindu armies made Delhi, the third largest city of India, his capital.19
100194104TamerlaneMongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405)20
100194105Samarkandcity in southern Uzbekistan21
100194106Purdaha screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers22
100194107Devimother goddess23
100194108Satia ritual that required a woman to throw herself on her late husband's funeral pyre or burn herself. This was done gladly and if a woman didn't comply with this she would be disgraced.24
100194109Nanak and SikhismIndian religious leader who founded Sikhism in dissent from the caste system of Hinduism, the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam25
100194110ParsisPersian Zoroastrians who fled to India, they became a major economic force in Mumbai (Bombay)26
100194111Jainsreligious group that believed in non-violence27
100194112Deccan PlateauA high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent.28
100194113Ajanta Cavescaves in central India; site of marvelous early frescoes inspired by Buddhism29
100194114Ellora Rock Templesmeans heaven of Siva or Mahadeo30
100194115Temple of Kailasanthais s one of the 34 monasteries and temples, extending over more than 2 km, that were dug side by side in the wall of a high basalt cliff in the complex located at Ellora, Maharashtra, India, and represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture.31
100194116Mamallapuramis a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.32
100194117Sun Temple at Konarakthe 13th century Black Pagoda, built in Orissa red sandstone and black granite by King Narasimhadeva I of the Ganga dynasty.33
100194118Khajuraolocated in Madhya Pradesh, is a city with unique temple architecture.34
100194119Kalidasa's The Cloud Messenger...35
100194120Nada, Raga, and Sitara quantity of no importance, In Indian classical music, a complete and self-contained melodic system that serves as the basis for all the melodic materials in any composition or performance created in that raga., a stringed instrument of India36
100194121Dandin's The Ten Princesan epic written by Bharavi37
100194122The Irrawaddy, The Salween, The Chao Phraya, and The Mekongmajor rivers38
100194123Malay Peninsulaa peninsula in southeastern Asia occupied by parts of Malaysia and Thailand and Myanmar39
100194124Bay of Bengalan arm of the Indian Ocean east of India40
100194125Pagana person who does not acknowledge your God41
100194126Srivijaya and MajapahitA state based on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, between the seventh and eleventh centuries C.E. It amassed wealth and power by a combination of selective adaptation of Indian technologies and concepts, and control of trade routes. (192), 13th-16th C. central Java, rose in the wake of mongol invasions. biggest and most powerful SE Asian island state in history. control almost all of what is today indonesia. golden age of Java culture.42
100194127Strait of Sunda and Strait of Malaccanarrow waterway located between the islands of Sumatra and Java, Body of water connecting the Indian and Pacific Ocean near Singapore43
100194128Thai and Burmansa branch of the Tai languages, people who established Pagan kingdom44
100194129Angkor Thom and Angkor Watbuilt by buddhist ruler, new city district founded by Jayavarman VII to provide religious protection for Khmer capital 5 gates temple at center. railing represent churning of the sea of milk or rainbow linking human and divine worlds, a temple complex built in the Khmer Empire and dedicated to the Hindu God, Vishnu.45
100194130KampongsMalay villages46
100194131Borobudurthe largest Buddhist temple in the world, located on Java, built in 800s47
100194132Borobudur Templeis locally known as Candi Borobudur48
100194133Wayang Kulitshadow puppet49

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