CH 6 KINGDOMS, KINGS AND AN EARLY REPUBLIC

geometric pattern definition: Geometric or geometrical patterns or shapes consist of regular shapes or lines.

According to the Buddhist sources, key characteristics of the gana sangha seem to include a monarch (raja), and a deliberative assembly (sangha). Elected by the gana sangha, the monarch apparently always belonged to a family of the noble class of Kshatriya 

raja is a royal title used for Indian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Varanasi is a metropolis on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.

The process of taking an organ or living tissue and implanting it in another part of the body or in another body.

a system in which the government of a country is elected by the people

army, a large organized force armed and trained for war, especially on land. 

The Ashvamedha (Sanskrit: अश्वमेध, romanized: aśvamedha) was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion.

Chetaka was the king of Vajji mahajanapada. The capital of Vajji was Vaishali. The Vajjis were defeated by Ajajshatru. They were assimilated in the Magadha empire by Ajatshatru.

 Tax refers to the act of levying or imposing a tax by a taxing authority. Taxes include income, capital gains, or estate.