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19 Cards in this Set
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Mauryan Empire |
-new Indian state - founded by candragupta maurya - highly centralized
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Candragupta Maurya |
Ruled from 325 B.C. to 301 B.C - drove out foreign force - established capital in northern India, Pataliputra - divided empire into provinces, ruled by governors - afraid of assassination |
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Asoka |
Grandson of Candragupta - follower of Buddhism - considered greatest ruler in the history of India - expanded india |
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Asoka as a ruler? |
- used Buddhist ideals to guide his rule - ruled as a parent, loving all his ppl |
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Kushan |
-established by nomadic warriors - spread over northern India to modern-day Pakistan - prospered from trade |
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Silk Road |
route between the Roman Empire and China - silk was china's most valuable product |
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Why did kushans model behaviors of many different cultures? |
they were located between influential cultures |
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Gupta empire |
-320 B.C - central Ganges valley - created by Candra Gupta - became greatest state in India for having loose control over central india |
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Who managed the trade? |
Gupta rulers |
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How did that affect them? |
Earned large profits from dealings - lived in luxury |
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Pilgrims |
People who travel to religious places |
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what role did the pilgrims play? |
-gave wealth to Gupta leaders - many shrines and temple were built in India across to china |
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Vedas |
Literature that contains religious chants and stories, passed down orally, recorded in Sanskrit |
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Bhagavad Gita |
- a book - contains a famous sermon |
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What point does Bhagavad Gita make? |
"In taking action, one must not worry about success or failure one should've award only of the moral rightness of the act itself" |
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First main type of structure? |
The pillar - erected along roads to mark events in buddhas life |
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Second type of structure? |
Stupa - originally meant to house a relic of Buddha - built in the form of burial mounds - a place for devotion and most familiar form of buddhas artchilet - rose to considerable heights |
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third main type of structure? |
Rock chamber - carved out of rock cliffs - developed by Asoka to provide room for monks and halls for ceremonies |
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Which mathematical concept did Gupta empire introduce? |
algebra and zero |
