First Empires of India
The first empire in India, founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 B.C. ...
Answer: Mauryan Empire.
A Hindu god considered the creator of the world ...
Answer: Brahma.
A Chinese dynasty that ruled from 202 B.C. to A.D. 9 and again from A.D. 23 to 220 ...
Answer: Han Dynasty.
Buddhist king in India, 264?-226? B.C. ...
Answer: Asoka.
A sect of Buddhism that offers salvation to all and allows popular worship ...
Answer: Mahayana.
A group’s exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods ...
Answer: monopoly.
The second empire in India, founded by Chandra Gupta I ...
Answer: Gupta Empire.
Hindu dramatist and poet of the 6th century or earlier ...
Answer: Kalidasa.
The administrative department of a government – especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations ...
Answer: civil service.
Relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family ...
Answer: patriarchal.
A system of ancient caravan routes across Central Asia, along which traders carried silk and other trade goods ...
Answer: Silk Roads.
The adoption of a conqueror’s culture by a conquered people ...
Answer: assimilation.
A recognition of people’s right to hold differing religious beliefs ...
Answer: religious toleration.
A Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world ...
Answer: Shiva.
A government in which power is concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject ...
Answer: centralized government.