Gupta Empire Vocabulary

Textile

• woven fabric

• carved wood

• crystals

• carved stone

Citizenship

• an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state

• membership on a state or community which gives a person civil and political rights and obligations

• exchange of people, plants and animals, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres

• device with a magnetized piece of metal that pints to the north used for navigation

numeral

• building for observing the sky

• traditional or established religious beliefs

• symbol used to represent a number

• inflexible, unchanging

Metallurgy

• system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of a document

• a man of mixed race, especially one having Spanish and indigenous descent

• economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances

• science that deals with extracting metal from ore and using it to create useful objects

Maritime

• having to do with the land

• having to do with the sea

• having to do with the earth

• having to do with the rain

Bodhisattva

• a person many Buddhist believe to have reached enlightenment, but who is reborn again to help others on earth to reach enlightenment

• a state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the person is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth

• having experienced a complete spiritual change

• make a thorough or dramatic change in the form, appearance, or character of

Adherent

• art or trade of woodworking

• blue-green glaze

• people who give orders

• follower; supporter

Advocated

• support; speak out in favor

• unnatural or human made

• random or by chance

• object made by a human being

Extract

• a loose page or section in a magazine or other publication.

• attached to a part

• Remove, draw out

• an ornamental section of cloth or needlework

Drama

• plays or performances that tell a story

• an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances

• not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions

• reduce pain or discomfort