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AIM: EMPIRES OF THE MAURYA AND GUPTA.
DO NOW: HOW CAN RELIGION INFLUENCE A GOVERNMENT?
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Maurya EmpireWhen did they rule? _____________________
The __________________ dynasty united most of India under the rule of _____________________________.
321BCE - 185 BCE
Maurya
strong central government
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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
How did Chandragupta Maurya strengthen India?
1.Heavily taxed the people to support the ________________. Military
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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
2._________most of the Indian subcontinent.
Unified
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CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
3. developed a large __________________ and ___________________.
bureaucracylarge army
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EMPEROR ASHOKA ( ASOKA)
Emperor Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta.
Under Ashoka, ________________________, except the southern tip came under Mauryan control.
all of Indian subcontinent
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ASHOKA’S CONVERSION
Emperor Ashoka converted to the belief system of _________________________.
Why? ________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Enacts laws that embrace _________________, _____________________, and ____________________.
Buddhism
He felt guilty over the lives he took in
his desire glory and conquest.
nonviolencetolerance
ethical conduct
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EDICT OF ASHOKALaws of emperor Ashoka that embrace Buddhist principles.
Ashoka spreads Buddhist concept throughout his Indian empire.
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END OF AN EMPIRE
After Ashoka died, the Maurya’s policies for nonviolence left the empire nearly powerless.
Smaller dynasties in Indian regained power that was once taken by the Maurya.
Maurya lost the land in Central and Southern India.
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WRITTEN RESPONSE QUESTION
What if President Obama became a Buddhist and issued his own ‘Edict of Obama’ across the United States, how do you think this would affect the country?
respond to this question
in 1 paragraph
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GUPTA EMPIRE
When did they rule? ___________________.
The Gupta Empire was founded by Chandragupta I ( not related to Maurya emperor)
320 - 550 CE
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GUPTA EMPIREThe Gupta rulers were _______________.
Under the Guptas, _________________ and _________________________ were reinforced.
HINDUSthe caste system
influence of Brahmins
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GovernmentThe Gupta government was not as ___________________, local rulers were allowed to maintain their authority as long as they submitted to the ultimate rule of the Guptas.
centralized
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The local rulers had to pay ______________, to the Gupta, this was money or gifts given to the Gupta rulers.
tribute
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ECONOMY OF THE GUPTA
Gupta India pro!ted from foreign ______________by selling cotton, ivory.
-bought items such as silk from China; resold to traders going west.-Many roads and port cities built throughout the empire.
trade
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STATUS OF WOMEN
-Women experienced an ________________ social status during the Gupta Empire.
-Women could not inherit property and could not remarry.
inferior
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Sati: a Hindu practice whereby a widow __________________herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.
sets fire
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