Chapter 7

2. the administrative departments of a government especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations
3. one of three most important Hindu gods
7. the adoption of conqueror's culture by a conquered people
8. Chandragupta's grandson
9. the first empire in India founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 B.C.
15. a recognition o peoples right to hold differing religious beliefs
16. a system of ancient caravan routes across central Asia along with traders carried silk and other trade goods
17. relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family
18. A sect of Buddhism that offers salvation to all and allows popular worship
19. Hindu god considered the preserver of the world

1. a sect of Buddhism focusing on the strict spiritual discipline originally advocated by the Buddha
4. a government in which power in concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject
5. the second empire in India
6. mounded stone structures built over Buddhist holy relics
10. relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family
11. a language of southern India
12. a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 202 B.C. to A.D.9 and again from A.D. 23 to 200
13. A group's exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods
14. one of the greatest Indian writers
16. a Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world