4739650509 | Alexander the Great | (356-323 B.C.E.) King of Macedonia from 336 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E. ; Conqueror of Greek city-states and of the Persian Empire from Asia Minor and Egypt to India. | 0 | |
4739652301 | monsoon | A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia | 1 | |
4739653033 | Aryan | Indo- Europeans | 2 | |
4739653034 | Sanskrit | Ancient Indic language of India | 3 | |
4739653385 | The Vedas | The most ancient Hindu scriptures, written in early Sanskrit | 4 | |
4739653386 | Mahabharata | India's greatest epic poem; A Sanskrit epic principally concerning the dynastic struggle and civil war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the kingdom of Kurukshetra about the 9th century BC | 5 | |
4739654506 | Ramayana | One of the two greatest epics of the Hindus; A Sanskrit epic, traditionally attributed to Valmiki, that concerns the banishment of Rama from his kingdom, the abduction of his wife Sita by a demon and her rescue, and Rama's eventual restoration to the throne | 6 | |
4739654507 | Upanishads | Epic poems with a more mystical religious flavor | 7 | |
4739655292 | untouchables | members of the lowest-caste Hindu group; a person outside the caste system | 8 | |
4739655293 | Rig- Veda | The first Aryan epic | 9 | |
4739655552 | Indra | the god of thunder and strength | 10 | |
4739656671 | Chandragupta Maurya | A young soldier who seized power along the Ganges River in 322 B.C.E. | 11 | |
4739657104 | Mauryan Dynasty | a dynasty which ruled northern India 321 B.C.E to circa 184 B.C.E. | 12 | |
4739657105 | Ashoka | (269-232 B.C.E.) Grandson of Chandragupta Maurya | 13 | |
4739657109 | dharma | The law of moral consequences | 14 | |
4739657468 | Kushan | Invaded the Mauryan Empire after Ashoka | 15 | |
4739657941 | Guptas | New line of kings after the collapse of the Kushan state | 16 | |
4739658167 | Kautilya | Chandragupta's chief minister | 17 | |
4739658168 | gurus | Mystics who seeked communion with the divine soul | 18 | |
4739658951 | Vishnu | The preserver | 19 | |
4739661850 | stupas | Originally a stone temple, dome shaped, holding relics of the Budda, a place for devotion. | 25 |
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