Transcript The Gupta Empire - Mr Stuart Ralston: St Paul American School

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The Gupta Empire is
the ancient Indian
empire that existed
from A.D. 320 to
about 540 in northern
India.
It is also called the
Golden Age of India
because of its
prosperous invention
and discoveries.
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Gupta Empire culture had its own indigenous
characteristics. All political, economical,
religious, social, intellectual, and artistic parts
played essential role in the Empire, but
intellectual an artistic were most significant
cultural elements of Gupta Empire.
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How power is distributed and how decisions
are made.
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Since its culture was heavily influenced by
religion, the Gupta leaders considered social
status very important. Thus, they took a step
toward stable development by setting a
strong central government.
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500 years after the
Maurya Empire
collapsed, the Gupta
Empire ruled over
region for 220 years,
which brought the
Golden Age in the
India, and yielded its
power over India to
next rulers who won
the war.
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Merchants and artisans could practice their
political power by electing city governors.
Both the central government and villages
shared their power in order to rule the people
efficiently.
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The making and distributing of money and
wealth
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In the Gupta
Empire, farming
and trade
flourished, so
farmers ,merchant
s, and artisans
were common jobs.
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Villages mostly used
domestic goods, but
people also exported
goods such as cotton cloth,
pottery and metal ware to
East Africa, Southwest
Asia, and Southeast Asia
for such goods as salt,
spices, and manufactured
goods.
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Agriculture
flourished in Gupta
Empire; landlords
let farmers use their
lands and receive
some parts of
harvest. Framers
usually harvested
wheat, rice, and
sugar cane.
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How a society describes the supernatural
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In Gupta Empire, religion even affected the
education. Students went to religious schools,
so they were exposed to religions from when
they were young.
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Caste system, which is
social leveling system of
Hinduism, and dowry are
examples of how religion
influenced in their
society, and built many
aspects of Gupta
people’s lives.
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Primarily, Hinduism and
Buddhism were dominant
religions in the Gupta
Empire, so the rituals were
highly developed, and
people considered those
rituals to be very important.
Gupta people favored
Hinduism at first, but later
they started to support
Buddhism and Jainism.
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How individuals in a society interact with eac
h other
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Family affairs usually focused on men. For
example, the eldest man was the head of
joint family, and enjoyed the authority.
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People were gathered in the Gupta court to
watch the performances, weddings, relatives’
houses, market places. They also assembled
to interact with each other at village council.
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In India, education
flourished during the
Gupta period; their
mathematics and science
developed a lot.
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How a society tends to solve problems
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People in the Gupta Empire recorded rules
and laws, where as they did not write down
current events because they considered
current events less important than rules and
laws.
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Mathematicians of Gupta Empire created the
concept of zero, started using Arabian
numbers, and developed the decimal system
, which we still use today.
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In Gupta Empire, doct
ors first started to inje
ct vaccines to prevent
people from getting di
seases such as smallp
ox, set bones, and deli
ver surgery. These
facts prove that the
Gupta people’s
technology was highly
developed.
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What a society sees as beautiful, how it defin
es beauty and how it entertains itself
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Their literature was developed; people liked
telling stories such as folk tales to other
people, and they also recorded those content.
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Religion highly affected
the Gupta art such forms
as dancing, paintings,
sculpture, and music. The
Gupta art later spread to
other parts of Asia,
introducing Gupta
Empire to other cultures.
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A lot of Gupta architects dedicated their lives
to build some Buddhist shrines, and Hindu
stone temples to respect their gods.
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Among other PERSIA elements, Intellectual
and Art are the most important elements of
the Gupta Empire.
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Extraordinarily well-developed technology
and prudent and delicate art reflect Gupta
people’s high-quality lives.
Thank You 