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| 226742136 | Mauryan Dynasty | In the late 320's B.C.E., Chandragupta Maurya laid the foundation for the Mauryan Empire, which was the first state to bring centralized and unified government to most of the Indian subcontinent. | 0 | |
| 226742137 | Chandragupta | Chandragupta was an adventurer who overthrew the Magadha Kingdom around 321 B.C.E. He conquered all of northern India from the Indus to the Ganges by the end of the 4th century. He was succeeded by his son in 297 B.C.E. | 1 | |
| 226742138 | Magadha | Magadha was the most important area in northeastern India from 500 to 300 B.C.E. It was a crucial region because of its wealth and its dominance of the Ganges valley. | 2 | |
| 226742139 | Gupta Dynasty | The Gupta Dynasty was founded by Chandra Gupta about the year 320 C.E. He was succeeded by Samudra Gupta and Chandra Gupta II. | 3 | |
| 226742140 | Caste System | The Caste System was a social order established by the Aryans that recognized four main classes of people: priests, warriors and aristocrats, peasants and merchants, and serfs. | 4 | |
| 226742141 | Brahman | Brahman is the universal soul, based on the Aryans religion. | 5 | |
| 226742142 | Brahmins | The Brahmins were a class in the Caste System. They were priests. | 6 | |
| 226742143 | Ahimsa | Ahimsa is a doctrine of nonviolence that is prominent in both Buddhism and Hindu religions. | 7 | |
| 226742144 | Jainism | Jainism was a religion that became popular in the late 6th century B.C.E. The Jains believed that everything in the universe, including inanimate objects, possessed a soul. | 8 | |
| 226742145 | Siddhartha Gautama | Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of Buddhism. He was born about 563 B.C.E. to a privileged life. He gave up everything to learn to understand suffering. | 9 | |
| 226742146 | Buddhism | Buddhism is a religion founded about 528 B.C.E. by Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the "Buddha." | 10 | |
| 226742147 | The Four Noble Truths | The Four Noble Truths is the core of Buddhist doctrine which teaches that all life involves suffering; that desire is the cause of suffering; that elimination of desire brings an end to suffering; and that a disciplined life in accordance with The Noble Eightfold Path brings the elimination of desire. | 11 | |
| 226742148 | Ashoka | Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya. He ruled the Mauryan empire from 268 to 232 B.C.E. He converted to Buddhism to grow all over Asia. He sent out missionaries to different areas in Asia. | 12 | |
| 226742149 | Dharma | The basic doctrine of obedience to religious and moral laws, found in Buddhism and Hinduism. | 13 | |
| 226742150 | Mahayana Buddhism | Mahayana Buddhism was an evolution of the Buddhist faith which reduced the obligations of believers and opened the road to the salvation for large numbers of people. | 14 | |
| 226742151 | Boddhisatvahs | Boddhisatvahs were individuals who had reached spiritual perfection or enlightenment but who delayed their entry into nirvana in order to help others who were still struggling. | 15 | |
| 226742152 | Hinduism | Hinduism is a religion based on the Bhagavag Gita which gradually displaced Buddhism as the most popular religion in India. | 16 | |
| 226742153 | The Bhagavad Gita | It was the poetic work written by many different people between 300 B.C.E. and 300 C.E. It illustrates the expectations that Hinduism made of individuals and its promise of salvation. | 17 | |
| 226742154 | Jaiti | These were guilds of individuals who worked in similar trades, and they functioned as subcastes. | 18 | |
| 226742155 | The Kushan Empire | The Kushan Empire ruled much of northern India and central Asia from about 1 to 300 C.E. The Kushan Empire included modern day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and northern India and the central part of the Ganges valley. | 19 | |
| 226742156 | Sanskrit | Sanskrit was the literary language of the Vedas that the Brahmins used in their rituals. | 20 | |
| 226742157 | Arthashastra | The Arthashastra was a political handbook from Chandragupta Maurya's realm. It offered instructions on the uses of power in the principles of government. | 21 | |
| 226742158 | Aryans | The Aryans were early Indians who were shepherds. They were the founders of the beginning of the Caste System. | 22 | |
| 226742159 | The Dravidians | They were the the people living in south Asia when the Aryans arrived there. | 23 | |
| 226742160 | Vardhamana Mahavira | He was born in northern India about 540 B.C.E. He was the founder of Jainism. | 24 |
