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kingdom of magadha |
central portion of ganges plain, gained control of indian trade, withdrawal of alexander allowed them to grow |
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chandragupta maurya |
founder of mauryan empire, first centralized gov, took control over small remote regions. moved to punjub, conquered bactria |
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ashoka maurya |
chandragupta grandson, took over kalinga, had good trade routes, no south rule. tight rule over bureacracy. capital at paliputra, treasury, legions of officials, accountants |
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how did they solve trade issues over water and mountains |
used the silk road and built roads over the mountains. used the monsoon winds to move opposite direction of wind in summer and winter. |
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bactria |
ruled after mauryans, greek speaking descedants of alexander. betwen lands of china and meditarreanan. cross cultural exchange. |
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kushan empire |
after bactria, north india and central asia. trade with people in the north was facilitated. pacified area between persia and china. suppoters of buddhism, first depiction of buddha. |
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the gupta dynasty |
based state in magadha, lots of wealth because of ganges. founded by chundra gupta. paliputra was capital. only deccan plateau wasnt under control. smaller than mauryan, left control to local ruelers. |
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caste |
had four social classes: brahmins, kshatriya, vaishya, sudra. |
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brahmins |
priests |
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khsatryiya |
warriors, rulers, gov officials |
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vaishya |
landowners, merchants, artisans |
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sudra |
common peasants or servants |
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jati |
same as guild which was corporate body that supervised prices and wages in industry. solved issues with one another. organizts courts. |
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jainism |
popular under vardhamana madhavara. based on ascetic doctrine of detachment. based title on name for mahavara which was jina. came from upanasihid. everything had soul, non violence to everything. vegetarian. no social hierarchy |
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Ahimsa |
non violence to other living things or other souls. |
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siddhartha gautama |
founder of buddhism, saw misery and wanted to put himself through it. sat 49 days under tree, found source of suffering and how to eliminate it. |
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buddhism |
four noble truths: life has suffering, desire causes it, remove it removes suffering. disciplined life with eightfold eliminates desires. reach nirvana. no luxury, right belief, right resolve, speech, meidation |
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Nalanda |
created some form of education based on buddhism. buddhist monastery at nalanda was famous. during gupta. studied vedas, hindu, logic, maths, astronomy |
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bhagavad gita |
poetic work which showed expectations of hindiuism. episode of manbhavata dialogue betwen arjuna and krishna (god). show him that listening to caste would make them be good. |
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hinduism |
religion based on bhagavad. salvation was given to those who follow caste requirements. no personal attachment: four aims: artha, dharma, kama, moksha. |
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artha |
hindu; importance of economic well being |
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dharma (hindu) |
obedience to religions and moral laws |
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kama |
enjoyement of pleasrures |
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moskha |
salvation of soul for hindu. |