Mr. Treat ch 8 vocab
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| 97432360 | Indo-Aryan | a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages | 0 | |
| 97432362 | Brahmin | A priest who held the highest position in Aryan society. | 1 | |
| 97432363 | Chandragupta Mauryan | He founded India's first empire. He was an Indian prince who conquered a large area in the Ganges River valley soon after Alexander invaded western India. | 2 | |
| 97432364 | Mauryan Empire | 185 BCE, ruled by the Mauryan dynasty, was the largest and most powerful political and military empire of ancient India | 3 | |
| 97432365 | Siddartha Guatama | the first Buddha who set forth the Four Noble Truth, The Middle Way to Nirvana, and The Eight-fold Path. | 4 | |
| 97432366 | Gupta Empire | Golden Age of India; ruled through central government but allowed village power; restored Hinduism | 5 | |
| 97432369 | Chandra Gupta I | (r. 320-330) Established the Gupta Empire but came form no historical background. He married a princess of the powerful Licchaui lineage and named himself after the founder of the Mauryan Empire. | 6 | |
| 97432371 | Hunas | The group who attacked the Guptas, leading to their fall. | 7 | |
| 97432373 | Monsoon | a seasonal wind pattern in southern Asia that blows warm, moist air from the southwest during the summer, bringing heavy rains, and cold, dry air from the northeast during the winter | 8 | |
| 97432375 | Asoka | grandson of Chandragupta; most honored emperor for his commitment to spreading peace and prosperity to all; was Buddhist but accepted other religions; decline came after his death | 9 | |
| 97432376 | Vedas | sacred texts in the Hindu religion, they are a set of four collections of hymns and religious ceremonies transmitted by memory through the centuries by Aryan priests | 10 |
