Maurya and Gupta Empires

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  1. 3. The division of social classes in ancient India
  2. 4. A system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives (Ashoka used this)
  3. 8. Indian poet and playwright from the Gutpa empire
  4. 9. The second major empire of ancient India established in 320 AD
  5. 11. A time in ancient India in which art and culture flourished
  6. 14. The first ancient Indian empire, established in 321 BC
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  1. 1. The state religion of parts of India and China, such as Tibet
  2. 2. Third Mauryan emperor who expanded the Mauryan empire
  3. 5. Term for a local ruler in ancient India
  4. 6. To take in information, ideas, or culture and understand fully
  5. 7. King of Magadah
  6. 10. A war between citizens of the same country; one of the reasons for the fall of the Gupta empire
  7. 12. River valley where early Indian empires began
  8. 13. invading group who crushed the Gupta empire