World History: 4. Early Civilizations of India, Lessons 5–7

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  1. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
    A strategy is a long-term plan for achieving a goal.
  2. province
    the territory in an administrative district of a nation
    A province is a region with its own government.
  3. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
    The emperor also set up a bureaucracy, or a system of offices that carries out government rules and regulations.
  4. mission
    a special assignment that is given to a person or group
    An envoy is usually sent on missions concerning the relations between governments.
  5. subject
    a person who owes allegiance to a nation
    He set up a huge spy network to watch his subjects, or people under his rule.
  6. welfare
    a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
    In the happiness of subjects lies the king's happiness. In the welfare of his subjects, his welfare.
  7. eventually
    after an unspecified period of time or a long delay
    The war between Maurya and Kalinga was long and terrible. Eventually, Asoka conquered Kalinga, but at a terrible cost.
  8. tolerance
    willingness to respect the beliefs or practices of others
    Tolerance is a willingness to respect different beliefs and customs.
  9. stupa
    a dome-shaped Buddhist shrine
    They also built stupas, Buddhist commemorative burial mounds, that still exist.
  10. citizenship
    membership in a state with rights and duties
    The people of the Gupta empire were also subjects, but some also had a kind of citizenship, or a status with political rights and obligations.
  11. drama
    a work intended for performance by actors on a stage
    Some forms of Indian drama combined stories, dance, and music.
  12. numeral
    a symbol used to represent a quantity
    Indian mathematicians developed the concept of zero as a number and as a numeral, or a symbol used to represent a number.
  13. decimal
    a number in a system based on ten
    Probably the greatest advance was the decimal system, a counting system based on units of ten.
  14. metallurgy
    the science and technology of ores and alloys
    Gupta artisans also made progress in metallurgy, the science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using it to create useful objects.
  15. extract
    separate (a metal) from an ore
    Gupta artisans also made progress in metallurgy, the science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using it to create useful objects.
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