Chapter 7

2. a Hindu god considered the destroyer of the world
4. the first empire in India founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 B.C.
8. A group's exclusive control over the production and distribution of certain goods
9. relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family
12. one of three most important Hindu gods
14. a government in which power in concentrated in a central authority to which local governments are subject
15. Hindu god considered the preserver of the world
16. mounded stone structures built over Buddhist holy relics
17. Chandragupta's grandson
18. relating to a social system in which the father is head of the family

1. the adoption of conqueror's culture by a conquered people
3. a Chinese dynasty that ruled from 202 B.C. to A.D.9 and again from A.D. 23 to 200
5. the second empire in India
6. a language of southern India
7. one of the greatest Indian writers
8. A sect of Buddhism that offers salvation to all and allows popular worship
10. a sect of Buddhism focusing on the strict spiritual discipline originally advocated by the Buddha
11. a recognition o peoples right to hold differing religious beliefs
13. a system of ancient caravan routes across central Asia along with traders carried silk and other trade goods
14. the administrative departments of a government especially those in which employees are hired on the basis of their scores on examinations