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9. Yugurs are one of China’s fifty-six officially recognized nationalities. Most live in Gansu Province of China.

10. The Tang dynasty (618–907 AD), covering a period of 289 years, is considered the greatest dynasty of ancient China.

1. A sacred text of Hinduism..

1. Biancaitian, Goddess of Learning, Eloquence, Music, Poetry, Speech, Rhetoric, Wealth, Longevity; protects against natural disaster; inventor of Sanskrit; River Goddess.

2. Male nature spirits, husbands of the Apsaras. Some are part animal, usually a bird or horse. They have superb musical skills.

3. Group of power-seeking deities, sometimes referred to as demons or sinful. They were opposed to the Devas.

4. A leftist political faction with Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong’s wife, as the leading figure during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) in China.

1. Gandhara is the name of an ancient kingdom located in northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. The Kingdom of Gandhara lasted from early first millennium BC to the eleventh century AD.

1. Ten directions refer to east, south, west, north, above, beneath, etc. Three periods refer to past, present and future.