Social Studies: India and Persia
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metsfan1001 on March 9, 2010
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social studies, india, persia, india and persia
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aryan | Groups were headed by a rajah |
| Aryan | Nomads who crossed the Hindu Kush |
| Aryan | Lasted from about 1500 BC to about 550 BC |
| Aryan | Recorded stories and songs in The Vedas, or "Books of Knowledge" |
| Persian | Lasted from about 550 BC to about 320 BC |
| Persian | Developed roads and trade in India |
| Persian | Founder was Cyrus II |
| Persian | Founded the religion of Zoroastrianism |
| Mauryan | First Indian Empire |
| Mauryan | Lasted from about 320 BC to 185 BC |
| Mauryan | Had civil service workers, a powerful army, and an army of spies |
| Mauryan | Used stone columns to mark territory and to make announcements |
| Gupta | Sanskrit became the language of the wealthy |
| Gupta | Lasted from about 320 AD to 520 AD |
| Gupta | Designed stone temples |
| Gupta | Developed the number system we use today |
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