Vocabulary

Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books

Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan)

Mongol Empire

Maurya dynasty (of India, approx. 317-186 BCE)

Shunga (dynasty of India, approx. 180-68 BCE); Sunga

Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE)

Kushan dynasty (of India, approx. 60-375 CE)

Kushan dynasty (of India; approx. 60-375 CE)

Kushan (dynasty of India; approx. 60-375 CE)

Yuezhi (ancient Central Asian people); Rouzhi

Gupta (dynasty of India; approx. 320-600 CE)

Gupta dynasty (of India, approx. 320-600 CE)

Vardhana dynasty (of India; 606-647 CE); Vardhan dynasty

Rajput (member of a Hindu military caste)

Ghurid dynasty (of south Asia; approx. 1148-1215)

Delhi Sultanate (1206-1527)

Delhi dynasties (the Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties of India)

Slave dynasty (of India; 1206-1290); Mamluk dynasty

Khalji dynasty (of India; 1290-1320); Khilji dynasty

Tughluq dynasty (of India; 1320-1413)

Sayyid dynasty (of India; 1414-1451)

Lodi dynasty (of India; 1451-1526)

Mughal Empire; Mogul Empire

Maratha Confederacy

Anglo-Maratha Wars (1777-1783, 1803-1805, 1817-1818)

Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste)

Chola dynasty (of India; approx. 848-1279)

Pallava dynasty (of India; 7th to 9th century CE)

Vijayanagar dynasty (of India, 1336-1649)

Krishna

Danrin school (of haikai poetry)

playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century

Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region)

dynamics mark; dynamics marking

articulation mark; articulation marking

tempo marking; tempo indication

stylistic marking (in music, e.g. "dolce", "tranquillo", etc.)

Nippon Decimal Classification; Nippon Decimal System (of book classification)