WARM UP Create a TRIPLE VENN DIAGRAM!!! Buddhism Zoroastrianism
Hinduism Z+H B+H Z+B All 3 Slide 2 Slide 3 Agenda -Warm Up: Triple
Venn Diagram -Edicts of Asoka -Gupta Travels -Cultural Diffusion,
visually -Review and Preview Slide 4 Hinduism Zoroastrianism
Buddhism Slide 5 Background Information 1,000 years after Aryan
migrations, about 600 BC Many small kingdoms 326 BC, Alexander the
Great 321 BC, Chandragupta Maurya seized power Slide 6 FIRST Read
packet on Mauryan Empire Slide 7 Asoka Slide 8 Asokas Edicts Slide
9 On the roads trees have been planted for the enjoyment of animals
and men. I have had ponds dug and shelters erected along the roads.
Everywhere I have had wells dug. Slide 10 Asokas Edicts It is good
to be obedient to ones mother and father, friends, and relatives.
It is good not only to spend little, but to own the minimum of
property. Slide 11 Asokas Edicts My officers have been appointed
for the welfare and happiness of thepeople. I have given
themauthority in judgment and punishment. But it is desirable that
there should be uniformity in judicial procedure and punishment.
Slide 12 Asokas Edicts This world and the other are hard to gain
without great love of Righteousness [correct behavior], great self-
examination, great obedience, great effort. Slide 13 Asokas Edicts
If the unconquered peoples on my border ask what is my will, they
should understand this: I desire that they should trust me and
should have only happiness in their dealings with me. Slide 14
Asokas Edicts Thishas been engraved so that the officials of the
city should always see to it that no one is ever imprisoned or
tortured without good cause. To ensure this I shall send out every
five years on a tour of inspection officers who are not fierce or
harsh. Slide 15 Asokas Edicts There is no gift comparable to the
gift of Dharma, and this is: good behavior towards slaves and
servants, obedience to parents, generosity towards friends,
acquaintances, and relativesand abstention from killing living
beings. Slide 16 Asokas Edicts Everywhere, I, Ashoka, King
Priyadarsi, Beloved of the Gods, have arranged for two kinds of
medical treatment: medical treatment for men and medical treatment
for animals. Slide 17 Asokas Edicts Men who are sentenced to death
are to be given three days respite. Thus their relations may plead
for their lives, or [the] men may make donations or undertake a
fast for a better rebirth in the next life. Slide 18 Summary -
Asoka Fierce military leader turned big teddy bear (due to Battle
of Kalinga and conversion to Buddhism) Slide 19 Period of Turmoil
500 years Invasion A bunch of different kingdoms Slide 20 GUPTA
EMPIRE! The Golden Age We are going to travel it. All of you Me
Friendly sticks, Not weapons Slide 21 Traveling the Gupta Empire In
pairs, travel to the NINE stations You will have THREE minutes at
each station Slide 22 Stations Astronomy Literature Mathematics
Medicine Metalwork Painting Roads Sculpture Universities Slide 23
Take Notes on: Setting What the place is like The Achievement What
was it? Why is it important Then, draw a picture to help you
remember! Slide 24 EXAMPLE -Pataliputra (capital of Gupta Empire)
-on the Ganges River -hot, humid day -chilly night -Discoveries
about sun, moon, earth, other planets -Some conclusions more
accurate than Greeks -Famous astronomer: Aryabhata -One year =
365.258 days -Planets are spherical -Estimated earths size -Earth
turns on axis -Mercury and Venus revolve around the sun -Lunar
eclipses Slide 25 What did you learn? Slide 26 Trade Slide 27 Slide
28 Slide 29 Slide 30 Why was India at an advantage? Slide 31 Slide
32 Slide 33 Slide 34 Slide 35 Slide 36 So what? Slide 37 India
China/Southeast Asia Rome, Africa, Arabia, Persia Slide 38 cotton
Cotton, cloth, monkeys, parrots, elephants Horses and dates Gold
and ivory Gold spices ROME Gold and ivory AFRICA Rice and wheat
ARABIA Silks CHINA Spices SOUTHEAST ASIA INDIA Slide 39 What
happens when people trade? Slide 40 Slide 41 Slide 42 What else
spreads? Slide 43 Slide 44 Buddhism and Hinduism Change Mahayana
Buddhism: accepted new doctrines Worshipped Buddha as a god
bodhisattvas Theravada Buddhism: stuck with Buddhas original,
stricter teachings Hinduism trends towards monotheism, focus on one
of the gods Slide 45 Is Buddhism a Religion or Philosophy? 37% 55%
8% Slide 46 Breakdown by class 59% 18% 24% 3rd 73% 27% 71% 6% 24%
5th 7th 56% 22% 67% 28% 6% Slide 47 Religion Buddhism is a religion
because the Buddhist people trust in gods, feelings, and the
importance of life Religion. If it has gods, then its a religion.
Religion because a lot of people consider it that. And they also
believe in gods. Its a religion because people follow it. I think
its a religion because its being practiced all over the world. I
think its a religion because it has things like gods and people
following it. Slide 48 Philosophy I think it is a philosophy
because it is a way of living to help you be a better person. I
think its a philosophy because religion is supposed to be based
around and about a God, these ideas are more about people and how
to act. Philosophy as there isnt a god; its just teachings that
make up this religion I think its a philosophy because they didnt
really have rules. I think Buddhism is a philosophy because it can
be applied to anyones life, despite if they have a religion
already. [Philosophy] Because it states facts, and things that
people should already do, its what makes you a good person, not
religion. Buddhism is a philosophy because there are no gods. Slide
49 Both I believe that it is both. It has ideas like a philosophy
but also tells how to reach salvation and the meaning of life.
Slide 50 Review and Preview -Triple Venn Diagram -Asokas Edicts
-Gupta Travels -Cultural Diffusion NEXT CLASS (11/4): CHINA! Class
after (11/7): Group Activities/Review Class after(11/9): Test!
