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| Mughal Empire | an empire, lasting from 1526 to 1707, that covered most of the subcontinent of India. |
| India National Congress | in India, a congress formed in 1885 to provide a forum for Indians to discuss their problems. |
| Muslim League | a group formed by Muslims in India in 1906 to protect their rights. |
| Mohandas Gandhi | Leader of India in 1906, used nonviolence to impress upon the Brittish the need for independence, led a 240 mile walk to the coast to gather sea salt. |
| Taliban | a group of fundamentalist Muslims who took control of Afganistan's government in 1996. |
| martial law | temporary military rule during a time of war or a time when the normal goverrnment has broken down. |
| Dalit | a member of a group of people in India formerly known as untouchables, who were outside the caste system, were considered lower than the lowest caste, and have gained some rights under Indias new consitiution. |
| Indira Gandhi | Indias first woman Prime Minister in 1966. |
| panchayat | a village council in India. |
| Taj Mahal | the most famous building in India, built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the a.d. 1640's. |
| Mahabharata | an epic poem about the growth of Hinduism. |
| dialect | a regional variety of language. |
| Indo-Aryan | related to the family of languages that includes almost all European and many Indian languages. |
| Dravidian | an Indian Language. |
| dowry | money or property given by a bride's family to her new husband and his family. |
| Mangla Dam | a dam built on the control floodwaters and to provide hydroelectricity. |
| Tarbela Dam | a dam built on the Indus River to improve irrigation and flood control. |
| Punjabi | one of two most commonly spoken languages in pakistan. |
| Sindhi | a language spoken in Pakistan. |
| Urdu | the official language of Pakistan. |
