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4. a symbol used to represent a number.
7. plays or performances that sometimes-combined stories, dance, and music in India.
9. people who carve and cut stone, in ancient India these people would carve temples, monasteries, shrines, and paintings, into the walls.
11. a game of strategy created during the Gupta dynasty in India and spread into other parts of Asia, and into the Middle East and Europe.
12. an expansive amount of land controlled by one authority.
14. a nonliving material found naturally in the Earth.
15. a status with political rights and obligations.
16. system a counting system based on units of ten created by Indians that is used in the Arabic numerals that we use today.

1. the science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using it to create useful objects.
2. someone who studies space.
3. dynasty the second empire to unify most of India started by its first emperor Chandra Gupta I.
5. a building or structure dedicated to worshipping something.
6. an ancient language used by many civilizations in ancient India.
8. someone chosen to speak for a larger amount of people.
10. Iron Pillar of Delhi a 23-foot high column made from a single piece of iron in India during the Gupta Dynasty.
12. an event that occurs when Earth’s moon is directly in front of the sun.
13. a short story with a moral, or lesson, at the end.
17. a system of medicine created by Indian doctors during the Gupta Dynasty.