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218220265ArthaMaterial success and social prestige, one of the four goals of life0
218220266ArthashastraAncient political treatise from the time of Chandragupta Maurya. Written by Kautalya.1
218220267AshokaThe grandson of Chandragupta Maurya and was known as the greatest Indian ruler of all time.2
218220268BrahmansHindu caste of priests and scholars3
218220269Chandra GuptaNo relation to Chandragupta Maurya. Found the Gupta Dynasty.4
218220270Chandra Gupta IISuccessor of Chandra Gupta. reign from 375 BCE-415 BCE. Conquered many regional kingdoms of India.5
218220271Chandragupta MauryaFounder of the Mauryan Dynasty6
218220272KanishkaGreatest of the Kushan emperors7
218220273KautalyaAuthor of the Arthashastra and the advisor of Chandragupta Maurya during his regin.8
218220274KshatriyasHindu caste of warriors9
218220275KushanPeople of the Nubian kingdom that conquered and controlled Egypt from 750-664 BCE10
218220276Samudra GuptaAnother successor of Chandra Gupta who regined from 335-375 BCE11
218220277ShudrasHindu caste of landless peasants and serfs12
218220278VaishyasHindu caste of cultivators, artisians, and merchants13
218220279Arjuna(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God14
218220280BactriaKingdom in Northwestern india Ruled by the Greek- speaking decendants of Alexander the Great's campaign.15
218220281KrishnaAn avatar of Vishnu. In the Bhagavad Gita, he advises Arjuna on the battlefield.16
218220282PataliputraThe captial of both Muryan and Gupta empires17
218220283Bhagavad GitaThe most important work of Indian sacred literature, a dialogue between the great warrior Arjuna and the god Krishna on duty and the fate of the spirit.18
218220284Rock and Pillar EdictsLaws written by Ashoka reminding Mauryans to live generous and righteous lives19
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