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Chapter 4.2 Guided Reading and Review

Chapter 4.2 Guided Reading and Review. Powerful Empires of India. A. Main Ideas. 1. Maurya Dynasty: Location/ Capital: Ganges Valley and the Deccan/Pataliputra Government: Well organized bureaucracy Emperors: Founded by Chandragupta Maurya most honored

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Chapter 4.2 Guided Reading and Review

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  1. Chapter 4.2 Guided Reading and Review Powerful Empires of India

  2. A. Main Ideas • 1. Maurya Dynasty: • Location/ Capital: Ganges Valley and the Deccan/Pataliputra • Government: Well organized bureaucracy • Emperors: Founded by Chandragupta Maurya most honored emperor was Asoka who ruled by moral example and greatly improved life for his people • Cause of Decline: When Asoka died, rival princes battled for power and the empire fell apart

  3. A. Main Ideas • 2. Kingdoms of the Deccan: • Location/ Capital: The Deccan Plateau • People: Dravidians; had different language and traditions from the Aryans in the north • Tamil Kingdoms: often ruled by a queen; left a rich literary history; trade was important • Religion: Hindu and Buddhist traditions linked with the local culture; Rulers where tolerant of all religions

  4. A. Main Ideas • 3. Gupta Dynasty: • Location/ Capital: Northern India • Government: Strong central government, some power left to individual villages and cities • Trade and Farming: exported cotton cloth, pottery, and metal- ware to East Africa, the Middle-east, and South-east Asia; Harvested wheat, rice, and sugar cane • Arts and Learning: painting on temple walls, collected and recorded fables and folktales in Sanskrit; religious schools also taught medicine, literature, languages, physics, and mathematics

  5. B. Reviewing Key Terms • 4. Chandragupta Maurya: Founded the Mauyra Dynasty and forged the first great Indian Empire

  6. B. Reviewing Key Terms • 5. Asoka: Extended the holdings of the Maurya dynasty, eventually rejected violence and vowed to lead by moral example; greatly improved the lives of his people

  7. B. Reviewing Key Terms • 6. Faxian: Chinese Buddhist monk who visited India and reported on Gupta Rule

  8. B. Reviewing Key Terms • 7. Kalidasa: The greatest Gupta poet and playwright, he wrote the play Shakuntala

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