Gupta Empire

what is called an "empire". With expansion causing sizable territories, these empires began constructing newer forms of imperial governments, law codes, religion and philosophy, and most importantly, better and more advanced technology. All of these factors were accountable for maintaining an empire, but technology is the prime necessity that aided in all of these factors (I.e agriculture, military, trade, and infrastructure). Technology was a major necessity for the classical empires, as their…

Mauryan Empire, converted to Buddhism. He did not forcefully convert his people, but he sent missionaries to East Asia and left edicts throughout the empire. Buddhism eventually made it’s way into places like Nepal, Japan, and Tibet before the first millenium was finished. Buddhism was so successful in the Tang Dynasty that Confucians began suppressing the Buddhists, who they saw as a threat to the Confucian state model. Even so, Buddhism spread widely in the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming empires.…

The fall of the ancient civilizations of Rome, Han China, and Gupta India shared common features. A failure of leadership brought down Rome and Han China a gradual internal disintegration, growing economic chaos, labor forces going wrong not being inadequate, epidemic disease, with a break-down of loyalty to the centerplace city or may we say the capital. These cities were so tightly drawn together that because of one came failing internally the other became to crumble also. The methods that…

Introduction: This essay will cover the impact that the rule of the British Empire had on the development of India’s development as a nation. Ruling of the British lasted nearly 90 years from 1858 to 1947, when the English East India Company had established supremacy in Bengal in 1857. The transition from a relationship of trade to direct rule can be explained by the needs of trade. The British began to criticize the prices of textiles, which was the most important item in this trade, and…

Nationalism Essay Nationalism is the sense of loyalty to one’s nation — has been widespread throughout history. Prior to the 19th century, nationalism was seen in Dynasties in China, The Maurya and Gupta Empire. Nationalism first developed in Europe. Europe nations were already industrialized. In size of the world was shrinking in the 19th century. Nationalism spread by the certain commonalities, like common language, common history, common culture, common religion and common ethnicity.…

The Indus River Valley thrive during the Golden Age in which science, art, literature and creativity gained momentum . During this time the Gupta empire enjoyed of many achievements like the creation of coins, pillars and classical art. Artists were paid for their work. Among the greatest paintings of this period are those that were found on the "walls of the Ajanta Caves… The paintings illustrate…

piece of Hellenistic world. Contrasting Empires Romans and Chinese the Romans and the Chinese realms had nearly no coordinate contact however fascinating similitudes. Both prospered ca. 200 B.C.E.–200 C.E. were of comparative size (around 1.5 million square miles), both had 50 million to 60 million individuals between them, and they controlled about half the total populace intriguing minor departure from royal subject. Rome grew from a city-state to an Empire, it began as a little immaterial…

to tax the people more in order to gain money for the military. From the increase of taxes it made it harder for the lower class like the peasants, for them to pay the officials. In addition of the two empires fall would be because of the division of land. With the expansions of land the Gupta empire began having trouble. Because of the power and wealth, the rulers became lazy meaning they didn't provide the civilian needs but only themselves, which created in angry civilians and unsatisfied…

In this story Elephant, is about a man out of his natural region and out of place in a different country with different ethnicities. In this story there was a man who was peer pressured to kill an Elephant who wasn’t being destructive anymore. The man who was pressured to kill this animal was pressured even though the elephant wasn’t in musk anymore. The three main messages in this story's is that he has no real intentions to kill an elephant, this story suggests that we sometimes do things we…

British Imperialism In “Shooting an Elephant”, George Orwell first reveals his opposition to the imperialism, then he uses parallel between the British Empire and a Burmese elephant to convey a message about imperialism: although imperialism is justified by the European Empire, in actuality, its nature is horrendous, and it is the British Empire that has destroyed its own freedoms. At the very beginning of his essay, Orwell brings up his point of view towards British imperialism. He claims that…