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| 255190627 | Arthashastra | political treatise written during reign of Chandragupta Maurya; advocated use of spies and assassins, bribery, and scientific forms of warfare | |
| 255190628 | Ahimsa | a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence | |
| 255190629 | Brahmins | Priests, at the top of the caste system which the Aryans made | |
| 255190630 | Kshatriyas | second level of the varnas in the Hindu caste system; WARRIORS | |
| 255190631 | Vaishyas | peasants & traders in Hindu society; 3rd level of caste system | |
| 255190632 | Shudras | laborers, craftworkers and servants in the Indian caste system | |
| 255190633 | Jainism | religion founded in the 6th century BC as a revolt against Hinduism | |
| 255190634 | Kushan | nomadic warriors took power in India, silk road | |
| 255190635 | Buddhism | the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth | |
| 255190636 | Hinduism | a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and characterized by a belief in reincarnation and a supreme beingof many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a | |
| 255190637 | Buddha | founder of Buddhism | |
| 255190638 | Boddhisatva | Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others | |
| 255190639 | Mahabharata | A vast epic chronicling the events leading up to a cataclysmic battle between related kinship groups in early India. It includes the Bhagavad-Gita, the most important work of Indian sacred literature. (p. 185) | |
| 255190640 | Ramayana | one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne | |
| 255190641 | Bhagavad Gita | (Hinduism) the sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic) | |
| 255190642 | Artha | Material success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life | |
| 255190643 | Kama | pleasure, especially sensual love; one of the four goals of life. | |
| 255190644 | Chandragupta Maurya | founder of the Mauryan Empire | |
| 255190645 | Kautalya | Advisor of Chandragupta who wrote ancient political handbook known as the Arthashastra, a manual offering detailed instructions on the uses of power and the principles of government | |
| 255190646 | Ashoka | a ruler of the Mauryan Empire who converted to Buddhism | |
| 255190647 | Chandra Gupta | the ruler of the Gupta Empire | |
| 255190648 | Samudra Gupta | son of first Chandra Gupta became king in 335 A.D. expanded the empire with 40 years of war and conquest | |
| 255190649 | Chandra Gupta II | Further expanded the empire and strengthened its economy. His reign was a period of prosperity. Gupta Empire reached its height under his rule. | |
| 255190650 | Vardhamana Mahavira | Indian ascetic philosopher and the principal founder of Jainism | |
| 255190651 | Siddharta Gautama | the founder of the Buddist religion,he was known as Buddha or "the enlightened one" | |
| 255190652 | Vishnu | A Hindu god considered the preserver of the world |
