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This lesson provides an introduction to the Mauryan and Gupta Empires in India. Learn about the leaders, governance, decline, and legacy of these empires, as well as the societal and cultural developments during the Gupta Empire's Golden Age. Explore the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Buddhism, the two main religions in India during this period.

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  1. DO NOW • Get Notebooks out • Label Section Cornell Notes Introduction • Wait for Mrs. Townes to start the lesson

  2. Plan Of Attack • Cornell Note Introduction • Empires in India PPT • Empires Graphic Organizer • Review for India Quiz

  3. Today’s Objective • Today I will… explore concepts of Mauryan and Gupta Empires • So that I can... Determine the sustainability of India as a civilization • I know I will have it when… Ancient India Quiz and Test

  4. Quick Run Down Previously On WHI w/ Mr. Brennan…..

  5. Empires in India Mr. Brennan

  6. Mauryan Empire (322 BC-187 BC) • Chandragupta: Emperor of the Mauryan Empire -Conquered Ganges Valley / Northern India • Government: Bureaucracy -building roads, collect taxes • Harsh Rule -“Secret Police” -Women Warriors

  7. Asoka Rule of The Mauryan Empire • Chandragupta’s grandson: Asoka new emperor • Fought long bloody war • conqueror Deccan region • 100,000 people died • Rejected further conquest • Converted to Buddhism -Ruled in nonviolent/moral example • Used missionaries to spread Buddhism across India  Asia • Built Hospitals and Veterinary clinics

  8. Decline • Asoka Legacy: • brought peace and prosperity to empire • United diverse people within his empire • After death: -Mauryan empire declines -India invaded and divided -Remained untied for a long time

  9. Gupta Empire: Golden Age • 500 years after the Mauryan Empire • Gupta Dynasty: united India again! • Ruled from 320 AD – 540 AD • Golden Age: period of great cultural development

  10. Society in the Gupta Empire Economy Arts and Learning Government Strong central government Looser than Mauryan rule Villages and city governments had power Elected by merchants and artisans Farming Crops: sugar cane and cotton Trade Exported goods to Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia Buddhist monastery universities Learned math, medicine, physics Developed Decimal System Small box vaccinations

  11. Decline • Factors of Decline: • Civil war • Weak rulers • Foreign invaders • White Huns invade and overran Gupta empire • India split and no empires for almost 1000 years

  12. Empires in Review Mauryan Gupta Golden Age Village and city governments Trade with middle east and Africa Universities Decimal system Vaccinations • Leaders: Chandragupta and Ashoka • Harsh rule • Government: Bureaucracy • Spread of Buddhism • Unified Empire

  13. Study Guide Answers • Indus and Ganges • Hindu Kush and Himalayas • Seasonal wind that brings rain • Grid system layout, plumbing • Indus: Polytheistic, veneration: worship of cattle Aryan: Polytheistic  Brahmin ( single spiritual power) 6. Vedas and Upanishads 7. Dharma: religious and moral duties ( Help you escape cycle of rebirth) Karma: actions and results Reincarnation: rebirth of the soul into another bodily form 8. Caste System: social class you are born into. Specific rules to live by. Can not move castes 9. Buddha and he is the founder of the religion. First one to be enlightenment and enter Nirvana 10. Goal of Hinduism: Moksha achieving union with Brahman Goal of Buddhism: Nirvana final goal union with the universe and released from cycle of rebirth

  14. Hinduism and Buddhism (Comparison) Similarities Differences Buddhism rejects gods, rituals, priest Hinduism: caste system Buddhism: Nirvana ( to all) Hinduism: reincarnations (cycles) • Grew out of Vedic traditions • Laws of karma, dharma, rebirth • Ashima or nonviolence

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