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SCB 6 India
"Study skills 6 India's Empire"
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| strategy | a long-term plan for achieving a goal |
| province | a region with its own government |
| bureaucracy | a system of offices that carries out government rules and regulations |
| subject | people under the rule of an emperor |
| tolerance | a willingness to respect different beliefs and customs |
| citizenship | a status with political rights and obligations |
| numeral | a symbol used to represent a number |
| decimal system | a counting system based on units of ten |
| metallurgy | the science that deals with extracting metals from ore and using it to create useful objects |
| Chandra Gupta | the first Gupta ruler of the new empire in India |
| Samudra Gupta | Exterminator of Kings |
| Samudra Gupta | conquered most of the small kingdoms of northern India |
| Aryabhata | important Indian astronomer and mathematician |
| Aryabhata | discovered eclipses are caused by motion of Earth and moon |
| Magadha | Maurya Empire's strongest kingdoms |
| Chandragupta Maurya | leader of the Maurya Empire |
| Chandragupta | successful military leader took control of Northwest from the Greeks |
| Ashoka | followed Buddhist values |
| Ashoka | ruled for 40 years improved hospitals dug wells build road system |
| Royal Road | promoted and increased trade as well as the spread of Buddhist religion to other empires |