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Agrahara

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Donation of Land or village to brahmans, usually by royalty

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Alvars

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Vaishnava poets and composers of hymns belonging to the Tamil devotional movement

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Amatya

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Designation of a high official

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Anuloma

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Literally: In the direction of Body Hair

Observing the caste hierarchy even in marriages across castes

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5
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Ashtakula-Adhikarana

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Administrative Body

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Ayukta

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Official Designation

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Banjaras

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Generally cattle pastoralists who were also carriers of goods exchanged in trade

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Bhogta

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One who enjoys

Enjoyed revenue rights over certain lands

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Bhukti

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Administrative Unit

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Brahmadeya

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Village or land donated to a Brahman, who received revenue that came from it

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Chandala

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Outcaste or untouchables

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12
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Chetti or Chettiyars

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Merchants (South India)

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13
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Digvijayin

A

conqueror of the four quartets

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14
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Dronavapa

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Measure of Grain or Land

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15
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Eripatti

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Land from which the revenue was used to maintain irrigation tanks

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16
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Gana-Rajya

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Oligarchy/Chiefdome

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17
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Gavunda

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Landowners

Could be a member of local administrative committee

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18
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Ghatika

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Educational Centre attached to a temple

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19
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Heggade

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Landowners

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20
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Jyestha

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elder, as in the guild-like organization of the shreni

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21
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kahapana or karshapana or pana

A

Coin series often silver

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22
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Kakini

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Copper Coins

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23
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Kalamukha or Kapalika

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Shaiva Sect

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24
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Kalpa

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Frame of Time - reckoning

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25
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Kassaka

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Cultivator, not as well-off as gahapati

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Kayastha

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Scribes

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Kshatrapa

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Administrative title used in Western India

28
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Kulyavapa

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Winnowing Basket

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Kumara-amatya

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Mahasamanta

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Ruler or governor subordinate to an overlord

31
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Mahasammata

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The Great Elect

  • the person elected to rule
  • signifies the origin of govt in Buddhist theory
32
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Mahattara

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Head of Village

33
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Mana

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a unit of weight

34
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Mandala

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a cosmogram, projecting the universe in a geometric pattern

  • theory of interstate relations where the king desirous of victory is at the centre and the pattern lays out potential allies and enemies
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Mandalam

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Administrative Unit

36
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Manigramam

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Guild of Merchants

37
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Matha

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Centre of Education attached to a temple

38
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Matsya-nyaya

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political theory associated with Arthashastra

  • condition of political anarchy where the strong devour the weak
39
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Nadu

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Territorial Unit

40
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Nagarashresthin

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Chief Merchant of a city

41
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Nayanars

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Shaiva poets of Tamil devotionalism

42
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Nigama

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Market or a Ward of a city

43
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Nirvana

A

release from the cycle of rebirth

44
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Nishka

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Unit of value
- coin
- gold coin of Mauryas

45
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Palli

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Hamlet, sometimes also a small market centre

46
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Panchakula

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Administrative Body

47
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Pratiloma

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Literally, against the direction of the body hair, therefore against the
hierarchy of castes in relation to marriage

48
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Rajuka

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Official Designation

49
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Ranaka

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Rank or status given to a landed intermediary

50
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Rasa

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Mood or emotion

  • evoked in creative literature, music or dance
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Samanta

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initially used for a neighbor

  • later: landed intermediary subordinate to the king
52
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Sankirna Jati

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Mixed Caste

53
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Sarthavaha

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Caravaneer

54
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Setthi

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Shatamana

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Shreni

57
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Tirthankara

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Ford-Maker
Teachers of Jainism

58
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Ur

A

Village Assembly in South India

59
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Valanadu

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Administrative Unit in South India

60
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Varna

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Literally means color

61
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Velala

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Landowners

62
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Vishaya

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Administrative Unit

63
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Vishti

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Forced Labor in lieu of tax

64
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Vratya

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initially referring to those who were thought not to conform to orthodoxy, it came to mean degenerate forms in various categories

65
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Yaksha

66
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Ziarat

A

A place of Pilgrimage

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