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Do Now. Identify some elements of a successful empire? What gives a ruler the right to rule?. Primary Document: Compare Empires. Mauryan Empire 322-185 BCE. Gupta Empire 320-499 CE. Chandragupta : 321 BCE-298 BCE. Unified India. Divided his empire into provinces and districts

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  1. Do Now • Identify some elements of a successful empire? • What gives a ruler the right to rule?

  2. Primary Document: Compare Empires Mauryan Empire 322-185 BCE Gupta Empire 320-499 CE

  3. Chandragupta: 321 BCE-298 BCE • Unified India. • Divided his empire into provinces and districts • For taxes and law enforcement. • Feared assassination • food tasters, slept in different rooms, etc. • 301 BCE  gave up rule

  4. The Maurya Empire 321 BCE – 185 BCE

  5. Kautilya • Chandragupta’s advisor. • Wrote a guide for the king • Supports royal power. • Anarchy is bad • Needs single authority to use force

  6. Asoka (304 – 232 BCE) • Converted to Buddhism • After seeing Battle • Built extensive roads. • Conflict how to balance keeping power with Buddhism

  7. Asoka’s Empire

  8. Asoka’s law code • Edicts written on pillars • Each pillar [stupa] is 40’-50’ high. • Buddhist principles dominate his laws.

  9. Asoka’s Value • Buddhist Values – Edicts in this category are concerned with the Buddha’s teachings about how to live a correct life • General Welfare – Edicts in this category are concerned with making sure people have good health, shelter, clean water, and enough food • Justice: Edicts in this category are concerned with fair laws and treatment in court and jail • Security: Edicts in this category are concerned with the protection of people from foreign enemies

  10. Do Now: Place your 3 most important achievements in the trophy

  11. Gupta Empire:320 CE – 647 CE

  12. Gupta Rule Chandra Gupta I “Great King of Kings” Strong Military and Economy Chandra Gupta II ruled 375 - 415 CE Expanded Trade Promoted a revival in Hinduism !!!

  13. Fa-Hsien Describes life in Gupta India Fa-Hsien was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled along the Silk Road and visited India in the 5th century. He reported the people of the Gupta Kingdom to be happy, relatively free of government oppression, and inclined towards courtesy and charity. Other references in his journal, however, indicate that the caste system was quickly returning, including the features of "untouchability," the social isolation of a lowest class that is doomed to menial labor.

  14. Exploring Gupta India’s GoldenAge • You and your partner will visit one station at a time • EACH of you will record your findings on your map • In the SETTING box use 3 words to describe your setting • Open the card and read the information about your achievement. Record information in the NOTES box • At end of the activity you will answer the following prompt using your essay format. “Imagine that are a traveler who has spent a month traveling in India during the Golden Age. Write an essay explaining what was most remarkable and impressive thing you saw during your journey. Support with evidence

  15. International Trade Routes during the Guptas

  16. Extensive Trade:4c spices silks cotton goods spices rice & wheat horses gold & ivory gold & ivory cotton goods

  17. GuptaArt Greatly influenced Southeast Asian art & architecture.

  18. Profitable trade and a stable government led to the “Golden Age of India” under the rule of the Gupta. Math:Gupta mathematicians developed the concept of zero, and the decimal system based on the number 10 .  They created a number system known as Arabic Numerals. This is the number system used throughout the world today.  Medicine:Gupta physicians developed herbal remedies to treat various illnesses. They also developed a form of plastic surgery for the treatment of facial injuries.  Physicians vaccinated against smallpox, a practice later used in China and Europe. Science: Gupta scientists developed the mathematical principle of pi ,a solar calendar and determined that the Earth is round. Gupta Golden Age

  19. Gupta Achievements 1000 diseasesclassified 500 healingplants identified Printedmedicinal guides Kalidasa Literature PlasticSurgery Medicine GuptaIndia Inoculations C-sectionsperformed SolarCalendar Astronomy Mathematics DecimalSystem The earthis round PI = 3.1416 Conceptof Zero

  20. The Decline of the Guptas • Invasion of the White Huns in the 4c signaled the end of the Gupta Golden Age, even though at first, the Guptas defeated them. • After the decline of the Gupta empire, north India broke into a number of separate Hindu kingdoms and was not really unified again until the coming of the Muslims in the 7c.

  21. Legacy of the Gupta Kingdom Bhartrhari a 5th century India court poet and philosopher wrote : “Knowledge is man's crowning mark,A treasure secretly buried,The source of luxury, fame, and bliss,A guru most venerable,A friend on foreign journeys,The pinnacle of divinity.Knowledge is valued by kings beyond wealth---When he lacks it, a man is a brute.“

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