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| 10666453919 | Ashoka Maurya | He was a furious warrior, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, he took the Mauryan Empire to its height. Famously converted to Buddhism after the deadly Kalinga Wars. | 0 | |
| 10666453920 | Kalinga | territory in eastern India conquered by Ashoka in 261 BCE; 150,000 abducted and 100,000 killed; drove Ashoka to become a Buddhist. | 1 | |
| 10666453921 | Ganges River | Located in India, this river is considered sacred to Hindus and is used for spiritual cleansing, funeral rites, and other Hindu rituals. | 2 | |
| 10666453922 | Rock and Pillar Edicts | A series of edicts on rocks and pillars written by Ashoka that reminded Mauryans to live righteous lives according to Buddhist principles. | 3 | |
| 10666453923 | Kushan Empire | An invading Empire who took over after the Mauryan Dynasty from the Northwest to rule the subcontinent from Central Asia into Northern India. | 4 | |
| 10666453924 | Gupta Dynasty | The second and last Indian Dynasty of the Classical Era (320 CE-550 CE) known for re-establishing Hinduism and for achievements in math and science. | 5 | |
| 10666453925 | Mauryan Dynasty | The first united Indian state, founded by Chandragupta in 324 BC, after Alexander's defeat of weakened India; it lasted for more than 100 years, before it declined, and fell in 183 BC | 6 | |
| 10666453926 | Chandragupta Maurya | 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. | 7 | |
| 10666453927 | Han Dynasty | imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy | 8 | |
| 10666453928 | Shihuangdi | Chinese emperor who founded the Qin dynasty and unified China with a standardized system of writing and money; his tomb contained the famous "clay army". | 9 | |
| 10666453929 | Xiongnu | A confederation of nomadic peoples living beyond the northwest frontier of ancient China. Chinese rulers tried a variety of defenses and stratagems to ward off these 'barbarians,' as they called them, and dispersed them in 1st Century. (168) | 10 | |
| 10666453930 | Civil Service Examination | Exams that Chinese bureaucrats passed to serve in state, based on Confucian concepts, Han origins. | 11 | |
| 10666453931 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | Was a peasant revolt in China against the Eastern Han dynasty. The uprising broke out in 184 AD during the reign of Emperor Ling. | 12 | |
| 10666453932 | Vedas and Upanishads | Sacred writings of Hinduism interpreted by priests called Brahman. | 13 | |
| 10666453933 | 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 | 14 | |
| 10666453934 | Siddhartha Gautama | The prince who is said to have founded Buddhism. | 15 | |
| 10666453935 | Four Noble Truths | 1-All Life Involves great suffering; 2- All Suffering Stems from desires for worldly pleasure and material things; 3- Suffering can end when one eliminates all of one's earthly desires; 4-Desires ca be eliminate by following Buddhism's eight-fold paths. | 16 | |
| 10666453936 | Bhagavad Gita | The 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. | 17 | |
| 10666453937 | Nirvana | The state of englightenment for Buddhists. | 18 | |
| 10666453938 | Reincarnation | In Hinduism and Buddhism, the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding | 19 | |
| 10666453939 | Monasteries | Religious community where Christians called monks gave up their possessions and devoted their lives to serving God. | 20 | |
| 10666453940 | Confucianism | A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct. | 21 | |
| 10666453941 | Daoism | A religion in China which says to follow the Dao is to renounce worldly ambitions and society and instead to seek armory with nature. It's founder said to be Laozi also calles the Old Master. | 22 | |
| 10666453942 | Caste System | a set of rigid social categories that determined not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society | 23 | |
| 10666453943 | Untouchables | lowest class of people in the caste system of Hinduism, do all the dirty work of society | 24 | |
| 10666453944 | Silk Road | An ancient trade route for silk between China with the Roman Empire, Mesopotamia, Persia and India. | 25 |
