| A | B |
|---|
| bureaucracy | a group of non-elected government officials |
| commit | to pledge to a goal or cause |
| stupa | a Buddhist shrine, usually dome-shaped |
| tolerance | the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with |
| Silk Road | overland trade routes that conneced lands from China to Rome in ancient times |
| pilgrim | a person who travels to holy sites |
| Bhagavad Gita | a section of the ancient Sanskrit epic Mahabharata |
| chariot | a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and racing |
| infinity | time, space, distance, or quantity without end |
| astronomy | the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole |
| algebra | the part of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations |
| relinquish | to give up |
| impartial | neutral, not caring |
| dinar | gold coin |
| cudgel | club |
| relic | sacred object |
| monastery | a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows |
| vow | promise |
| weld | to use heat to join two pieces of metal |
| seer | mystic |
| congenial | agreeable |
| constituent | part of a whole |
