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Agrahara

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Land or village gifted by a king

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Alvars

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The Vaishnava saint-poets of early medieval South India

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Apabhramsha

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A stage of the later development of the Prakrit language up to the end of the 1st millennium CE

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Aranyakas

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Literally ‘forest books’; part of the Vedic corpus

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Abwab

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Extra-legal charges exacted by landlords

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Akhra

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Gymnasium

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Amil

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Revenue official

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Amla

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Zamindari official

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Ajlaf

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Muslim commoners

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Atrap

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Muslim commoners—same as ajlaf

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Azad dastas

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Guerrilla bands

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Amils

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Revenue officers

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Arz-I-Mamalik

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Minister in charge of the army of the whole country

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Ahl-I-Qalam

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Reporter

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Akam

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Sangam love poems

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Amphorae

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A type of Roman pottery—jars with a large oval body, narrow cylindrical neck, and two handles

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Antarala

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The vestibule or antechamber of a temple

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Anvikshiki

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Literally, ‘looking at’; logical reasoning

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Araghatta

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Persian wheel

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Ardha-Magadhi

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An eastern dialect of Prakrit; the earliest Jaina texts are written in this dialect

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Ardhamandapa

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The hall preceding the sanctum in a temple

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Arhat

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A person who has attained enlightenment

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Ariya-sachchani

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The Four Noble Truths related to suffering; an important part of the Buddha’s teaching

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Astika schools

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Philosophical schools that accepted the authority of the Vedas

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Ayyavole
A powerful merchant guild of early medieval South India
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Bhikkhu
A Buddhist monk, literally 'one who lives by begging alms'
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Brahmacharya
The stage of celibate studenthood in the ashrama scheme
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Brahmadeya
Land gifted to Brahmanas, generally by kings
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Batai
Division of crop between the cultivator and landlord or the government, payments may be in kind or cash
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Barid
An intelligence officer appointed by the state to collect information
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Banjar
Waste and fallow land
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Banjara
Itinerant tribe
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Bahas
Muslim religious meeting
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Bakasht
Land where permanent tenancies have been converted into short-term tenancies
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Bodhisattva
A future Buddha
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Boustrophedon style
A style of writing in which consecutive lines start in opposite directions
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Cairn stone circle
A type of megalithic burial, marked by a stone circle
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Chaitya
A Buddhist shrine
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Charana
School of Vedic study
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Charvaka
An atheistic materialist philosophical school, also known as Lokayata
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Cowries
Marine shells, once used as currency in India
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Dhamma-mahamatas
A new cadre of officials created by Ashoka to propagate dhamma
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Dvija
Literally 'twice born'; those entitled to the sacred thread ceremony (Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas)
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Diwan
Function of finance
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Diwan-I-Arz
Ministry of military affairs
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Diwan-I-Insha
Ministry of royal correspondence
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Diwan-I-Kul Wazir
Chief imperial fiscal minister
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Daroga
Minor officer or in charge of a local office
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Faujdar
In charge of sarkar (administrative unit)
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Gumashta
An agent or representative
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Garbha-Griha
The inner sanctum of a temple, where the image of the main deity is placed and worshipped
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Grihastha
The householder stage in the ashrama scheme
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Hundis
Bills of exchange used by traders in early medieval India
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Ibadat Khana
House of Worship
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Iqta
The land-grant system adopted by Ala-ud-Din Khilji to reward officers for services rendered
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Khalisa
Land revenue directly for the imperial treasury
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Khutba
A sermon made in Friday mosque
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Mahajanapadas
The great states of the 6th century BCE
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Mahayana
Literally 'the Greater Vehicle', a set of Buddhist schools
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Mandapika
A local center of exchange, in between small periodic markets and larger trade centers
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Matha
Monastery
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Moksha
Liberation from the cycle of birth and death
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Masand
A deputy of the Sikh guru
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Mir Bhakshi
Military department in the Mughal Empire
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Mir Saman
Supply department in the Mughal Empire
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Muquaddam
Village head
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Pargana
Around a hundred villages
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Sadr Us Sadur
Ecclesiastical affairs
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Subas
Provinces under the Mughal Empire
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Sangam literature
Texts in old Tamil, comprising the earliest parts of the Ettutokai, Pattuppattu, and Tolkappiyam
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Sannyasa
The stage of complete renunciation in the ashrama scheme
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Shaikhzadas
Indian Muslim nobility
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Sharia
Muslim law
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Triratna
Literally, 'the Three Gems'; in Jainism, refers to the triple path of right faith, knowledge, and conduct
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Upanishads
Philosophical texts that are part of the Vedic corpus
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Zabt
Revenue based on land measurement
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Zenana
The women's quarter in the inner part of the house
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Zillah
Administrative district

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