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