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I. The Mauryan Dynasty A. Hinduism and Buddhism developed out the Aryan Culture B. __Chandragupta Maurya-__ founded India and ruled from 324 to 301 B.C. 1. drove out the foreign forces and established the capital of his new empire 2. divided empire into provinces that was ruled by governors 3. empire flourished during his regin of __Asoka__ a. one of the greatest rulers in the history of India b. converted to Buddism c. used buddist ideals to guide his rule d. set up hositals for both people and animals e. __his kingdom prospered as India's role in regional trade that began to expand__ f. died in 232 B.C., which declined his kingdom II. The Kushan Kingdom and the silk road A. New Kingdoms arose in Bactria, India B. The Kushans- propered trade from the Mediterranean ssea, and countries that boardered the pacific 1. most of the trading was btw. the Roman empire and China a. shipped along the trade route of **__the silk road__** 2. carried luxury goods such as silk,spices,teas, and porecelian a. exchanged by chinese merchants for woolen and linen clothes,glass, and precios stones C. __Romans disered china as Serica- "land of silk"__ III. The kingdom of the Gupta's A.The Kushan Kingdom ended in the 3rd century A.D. B. Chandragupta- established __the Gupta Empire__ 1. created a new age of India's civilization 2.traded their cloth, salk, and iron with china, Asia, and the Mediterrean C. Pilgrims- peopel who travel to religious places D. Invasions by the Huns reduced the power and ended the Gupta Empire IV. The world of India's Culture A. Vedas- the earliest Known Indian Literature 1. passed down from generation 2. written in Sanskirt B. Mahabharata- the world's largest written poem 1. describes a war btw. cousins for control of the kingdom 2. __Bhargavad Gita__- most famous sectionmnof the poem a. a sermon by the god Krishma on the eve of a major battle C. The Ramayana- recounts how the fictronal ruler Rama is banished from his kingdom and has to fight a demon that kidnapped his wife D. Kalidasa- one of Inia's most famous authors 1. wrote the messengar cloud E. 3 principal's of religious stuctures of Archiecture 1. **__the pillar__**- is the most famous 2. **__Stupa__**- means to house a relic of the Buddha a. a palace for devation and the form of Buddist architecture 3. **__rock chamber__**- developed by Asoka to provide a house for monks and serve in religious cermonies F. Aryabhata- the most famous mathematician of the Gupta empire 1. devised a decimal system of counting of tens 2. used Algebra to introduce the concept of zero
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