Transcript Classical India - Dolgeville Central School

Classical India
1. How did India’s government change during the Maurya
Dynasty?
2. What are some of the contributions of the Gupta
Dynasty?
3. Which belief systems were practiced in Classical
India?
Who ruled during the
Maurya Dynasty?
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Chandragupta:
1st ruler of the Maurya Dynasty
1st to unite India and create an
EMPIRE
CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
Effective but harsh ruler
How did he rule India?
Used a secret police
Harsh punishments
Hinduism
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Who ruled during the
Maurya Dynasty?
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Asoka:
Grandson of Chandragupta
Converted to Buddhism
Improved daily life
How did he rule India?
Rejected violence
Ruled by Example
Buddhism
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Which belief systems were
practiced in Classical India?
Hinduism:
Polytheistic
Karma
Dharma
Ahimsa
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Reincarnation
Moksha
Caste System
Buddhism:
Four Noble Truths
Eightfold Path
Karma
Dharma
Ahimsa
Reincarnation
Nirvana
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What should we know
about the Gupta Dynasty?
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Golden Age of India
• AD 320-550
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Power to rule was
given to individual
villages
• Lacked a strong,
centralized government
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Hinduism & Buddhism
What are some contributions
from the Gupta Dynasty?
Religious schools
Mathematics:
Arabic Numerals
Zero
Decimal System
Architecture:
Hindu Temples
Buddhist Stupas
Buddhist Paintings
Literature:
Medicine:
Kalidasa
surgery, smallpox
Sanskrit
vaccinations
What caused the decline
of the Gupta Dynasty?
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Civil Wars
 India was ruled by
Muslim invaders from AD
Weak Rulers
711 until the late 1600s.
Foreign Invaders:
 The British controlled
White Huns
India as a colony until
India divided into
the mid-1900s.
separate kingdoms after
the fall of the Gupta
Are there any similarities between the
Dynasty.
decline of the Gupta Dynasty and the
fall of Rome?
Exit Ticket
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Draw an example of a
contribution from the Gupta
Dynasty