Mauryan Dynasty

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Mauryan Dynasty

• Chandragupta (324-301 B.C.)

• Ashoka (301-232 B.C.)

• Drove out foreigners? made capital in Ganges
  Valley
• Cruel Ruler
• Feared assassination

• Greatest ruler in history of India
• Converted to Buddhism
• Kingdom prospered? trade and mass expansion
• After deathIndiadisunity

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Kushan Kingdom

• Modern day Afghanistan
• Nomadic warriors
• Prospered from trade through the silk road

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The Golden Age of the Guptas

• The Gupta Family ruled India for 200 years. It
  was a great period of stable government and great
  accomplishments

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I. MATH

1. Decimal system
2. Arabic numbers
3. Concept of zero

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II. MEDICINE

• Diagnose and treat ailments
• Advanced surgery
• Set broken bones
• Doctors were aware that cleanliness prevented
  infection

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III. LITERATURE

• Kalidasa? great poet who wrote Sakunta
• Fairy tales were gathered into a collection in
  which many modern European writers are in debt to
  the Hindus for the plot of their tales.
• Ex. Arabian Nights

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IV. TRADE, LANGUAGE, RELIGION

1. Trade? routes were developed linking India with
   Western Asia
2. Language? Sanskrit was the language of the
   Guptas, gave cultural unity.
3. Religion? Hinduism

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V. GOVERNMENT TAXES

• Government? panchayatsvillage councils
• Foundation of economy and way of life
• Taxes? system of land tax was set up. Payments
  were based on of crops raised.

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History, B. C.

• Indus Valley Civilization 2500-1500 B.C.
• Mohenjodaro
• Harappa
• Planned city with sewage facilities

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History, B. C.

• Aryan Immigration from Central Europe (Vedas are
  composed, caste system established)
• 563-483 B. C., Gautama Buddha
• 326 B. C., Alexander the Great, invades India.
• 300 B. C. Chandragupta Maurya
• 272 B. C. Emperor Ashoka, spread of Buddhism.

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Aryan LanguageSanskrit
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National Flag

• Saffron, White and Green
• Ashoka Wheel, blue color wheel of life in
  movement and death in stagnation

Saffron courage, sacrifice, unification White
purity and truth Green faith
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National Emblem

• Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka
• Four Lions, Wheel
• Truth alone triumphs

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Other
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• National Anthem Jana gana mana
• National Animal- Tiger
• National Bird- Peacock
• National Flower- Lotus
• National Languages
• Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada,
  Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi,
  Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil,
  Telugu, Urdu