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Total 90 word senses

• Ashoka (Proper name) [English] An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
• Ashoka (Proper name) [English] The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.
• British East India Company (Proper name) [English] A seventeenth-century joint-stock company founded to trade with India to Britain's advantage.
• British Raj (Proper name) [English] The period of colonial rule of the Indian subcontinent by the British Empire between 1858 and 1947.
• Chola Empire (Proper name) [English] a South Indian empire that ruled from 848 C.E. – 1279 C.E.
• Coalgate (Proper name) [English] A small town in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand, where lignite was mined.
• Coalgate (Proper name) [English] A small city, the county seat of Coal County, Oklahoma, United States.
• Coalgate (Proper name) [English] A former unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.
• Delhi Sultanate (Proper name) [English] An Islamic empire based in Delhi from 1206 to 1526 that stretched over large parts of the Indian subcontinent, ruled over by five successive dynasties.
• Gupta Empire (Proper name) [English] An ancient Indian empire that ruled from 319 CE - 550 CE.
• Magadha (Proper name) [English] One of the sixteen mahajanapadas of ancient India.
• Mahajanapada (Proper name) [English] One of 16 prominent ancient Indian realms extant from around 600 BCE to 345 BCE.
• Maratha Empire (Proper name) [English] An Indian empire that controlled large portions of the Indian subcontinent from 1678 CE - 1818 CE.
• Mughal Empire (Proper name) [English] A Persianate empire centered in North India from 1526 to 1857 bearing the name of Hindiyyah (هِنْدِيَّة) in Arabic and Hindostan (هنُدوستان) in Persian . Succeeded by the British East India Company.
• Salt March (Proper name) [English] A 24-day march in colonial India in 1930 to support the production of salt in seawater, against the British salt monopoly.
• Satavahana (Noun) [English] the surname of the rulers of the Satavahana dynasty (a dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE)
• Satavahana dynasty (Proper name) [English] a dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE.
• Sikh Empire (Proper name) [English] An Indian empire that ruled over the Punjab region from 1799 CE to 1849 CE.
• anna (Noun) [English] A former Indian coin.
• criminal tribe (Noun) [English] a caste or tribe in British India that is deemed by authorities in "addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences", and was subjected to extensive police surveillance and registration.
• dokda (Noun) [English] An old monetary unit of Kutch, worth one 24th of a kori.
• kori (Noun) [English] The monetary unit of Kutch prior to 1947, divided into 24 dokdas.
• mohur (Noun) [English] A gold coin of British India, worth from twelve to fifteen rupees.
• navaratna (Noun) [English] ruby, emerald, pearl, yellow sapphire, coral, cat's eye, hessonite, blue sapphire and diamond
• omrah (Noun) [English] A noble of the Mughal Empire or other Muslim Indian state.
• peshwa (Noun) [English] Originally, a chief minister under the Marathi princes; later, (the title of) each of the rulers of the Marathi kingdom in central India from 1713–1818.
• pie (Noun) [English] A former low-denomination coin of northern India.
• rupia (Noun) [English] The former currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.
• trambiyo (Noun) [English] An old monetary unit of Kutch, worth half a dokda.
• xeraphim (Noun) [English] An old monetary unit of Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
• انارکلی (Noun) [Urdu] the bud of a pomegranate
• مہارانی (Noun) [Urdu] maharani
• چکرورتی (Noun) [Urdu] chakravartin, wheel-turner (in reference to the dharmachakra), world-ruler, upholder of dharma, a title taken by Indian emperors
• অশোক (Proper name) [Bengali] Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
• আওরঙ্গজেব (Proper name) [Bengali] Aurangzeb (17th-century Mughal emperor)
• আলমগীর (Proper name) [Bengali] a male given name from Persian
• আলমগীর (Proper name) [Bengali] Aurangzeb Alamgir (17th-century Mughal emperor)
• জাহাঙ্গীর (Proper name) [Bengali] a male given name from Persian
• জাহাঙ্গীর (Proper name) [Bengali] Jahangir, a 17th-century Mughal emperor
• মুঘল (Noun) [Bengali] Moghul (member of the Muslim Turco-Mongol tribe based in South Asia)
• 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (Proper name) [Prakrit] Chanakya
• 五天竺 (Proper name) [Chinese] ancient India
• 天竺 (Proper name) [Chinese] (archaic) India
• 天竺 (Proper name) [Japanese] India
• 巴布爾 (Proper name) [Chinese] Babur (1483–1530), first Mughal emperor
• 摩揭陀 (Proper name) [Chinese] Magadha (a historical country in India)
• 旃荼羅 (Noun) [Chinese] outcast; caṇḍāla (person an ostracised social stratum)
• 百乘 (Proper name) [Chinese] the Satavahana dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE
• અલાઉદ્દીન (Proper name) [Gujarati] Alauddin Khilji
• અશોક (Proper name) [Gujarati] Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
• અશોક (Proper name) [Gujarati] a male given name, Ashoka or Ashok
• ઔરંગઝેબ (Proper name) [Gujarati] a male given name, Aurangzeb, from Persian
• બાબર (Proper name) [Gujarati] Babur (first Mughal emperor, 1483–1530)
• ਹੜੱਪਾ (Proper name) [Punjabi] Indus Valley Civilization (an ancient civilization extant along the river Indus in South Asia)
• 26/11 (Proper name) [English] The 2008 Mumbai attacks.
• अनारकली (Proper name) [Hindi] Anarkali (a legendary courtesan from the Mughal era)
• अशोक (Proper name) [Hindi] Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
• क़ैसर-ए-हिंद (Noun) [Hindi] Kaisar-i-Hind; a title for the emperor of the British Raj
• क्षत्रप (Noun) [Sanskrit] satrap, provincial governor
• गुप्त (Adjective) [Hindi] relating to the Gupta Empire (an ancient Indian empire which existed from the 4th century CE to the 6th century CE) or its rulers
• गुप्त (Proper name) [Hindi] a surname, Gupta
• चंद्रगुप्त (Proper name) [Hindi] Chandragupta Maurya (the first Mauryan emperor reigning 321—297 BCE)
• चक्रवर्ती (Noun) [Hindi] chakravartin, wheel-turner (in reference to the dharmachakra), world-ruler, upholder of dharma, a title taken by Indian emperors
• चन्द्रगुप्त (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Chandragupta Maurya (first emperor of the Mauryan Empire), father of Bindusara
• चालुक्य (Proper name) [Hindi] Chalukya dynasty (an ancient empire controlling parts of modern-day South India, from 543 to 753 CE)
• चोल (Proper name) [Hindi] the Chola dynasty (extant in southern India from c. 300 BCE to 1279 CE)
• जहाँगीर (Proper name) [Hindi] Jahangir ((1569–1627), the world-subduing Mughal emperor)
• तुग़लक़ (Noun) [Hindi] a bizarrely capricious, madcap person
• द्वारका (Proper name) [Sanskrit] City ruled by Krishna (located on the western point of Gujarat, supposed to have been submerged by the sea) MBh. Hariv. Pur. &c.
• नवाब (Noun) [Hindi] nabob, nawab (a rich Mughal ruler)
• पेशवा (Noun) [Hindi] a Peshwa (historical prime minister of the Maratha Empire)
• पेशवा (Noun) [Marathi] a Peshwa (historical prime minister of the Maratha Empire)
• फर्मान (Noun) [Marathi] a firman; a decree directly from the Mughal emperor
• फ़रमान (Noun) [Hindi] a firman; decree directly from the Mughal emperor
• बाबर (Proper name) [Hindi] Babur (first Mughal emperor, 1483–1530)
• महाजनपद (Noun) [Hindi] Mahajanapadas
• महाराज (Noun) [Hindi] a maharajah, powerful king
• महारानी (Noun) [Hindi] a maharani
• मुग़ल (Noun) [Hindi] a Mughal, Moghul (a head of the South Asian Mughal dynasty; a member of this dynasty)
• मुग़ल साम्राज्य (Proper name) [Hindi] Mughal Empire (an ancient empire in present-day South Asia)
• मेहरगढ़ (Proper name) [Hindi] Mehrgarh (an archaeological site in Pakistan)
• मौर्य (Proper name) [Hindi] Maurya, Mauryan Empire (an ancient empire in present-day India, Bangladesh and Pakistan)
• मौर्य (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Maurya, Mauryan Empire (an ancient empire in present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal)
• राजपूत (Noun) [Hindi] a Rajput
• लुम्बिनी (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Lumbini (a pilgrimage site in Rupandehi, Nepal); birth place of Buddha.
• लुम्बिनी (Proper name) [Sanskrit] Lumbini (a province of Nepal)
• संगम (Noun) [Hindi] sexual union, sexual intercourse
• सातवाहन (Proper name) [Hindi] the Satavahana dynasty (a dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE)
• सातवाहन (Noun) [Sanskrit] the Satavahana dynasty of southern India, extant from the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE
• हड़प्पा (Proper name) [Hindi] Indus Valley Civilization (an ancient civilization extant along the river Indus in South Asia)

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