Timeline Mauryan Empire 315 BC183 BC Gupta Empire

Timeline Mauryan Empire: 315 BC-183 BC Gupta Empire: 320 AD-550 AD

Timeline Aksum: 300 AD-700 AD

Gupta Empire 320 AD-550 AD

• Discuss the founding and political organization of the Gupta Empire?

• Discuss the founding and political organization of the Gupta Empire? üChandra Gupta I married into an influential royal family üEmpire included Magadha and the area north of it üHe created other alliances through marriage

• Discuss the designation of the Gupta Empire as the “Golden Age” of Indian culture. • What intellectual and artistic achievements are associated with this period? • Describe the scientific and technological accomplishments of the Gupta.

• Discuss the designation of the Gupta Empire as the “Golden Age” of Indian culture. • What intellectual and artistic achievements are associated with this period? • Describe the scientific and technological accomplishments of the Gupta. ü Sanskrit was used as the official language ü Kalidasa-composed two epic poems ü Laws of Manu (manual of proper living) ü Discovered earth was a sphere ü Discovered earth revolved around the sun ü Medicine-instruments for surgeries and operations ü Decimal system for counting in tens ü Concept of Zero ü Indian Arabic numerical system

• Describe the religious changes that took place with both Buddhism and Hinduism during the classical period. What were the social implications of these changes?

• Describe the religious changes that took place with both Buddhism and Hinduism during the classical period. What were the social implications of these changes? üNew doctrines of Buddhism emerged: Mahayana and Theravada üTheravada-those who held to Buddha's stricter, original teachings üMahayana- “the greater vehicle” believed in bodhisattvas, people who chose to give up nirvana to save others

• Describe the religious changes that took place with both Buddhism and Hinduism during the classical period. What were the social implications of these changes? üHinduism had a resurgence in religious authority üRe-introduced the caste system to India, now more elaborate and enforced in detail

• Discuss trade in Indian and the region during this period. • What empires and civilizations were involved in trade? What were they trading? What methods were they using to trade? • Describe results of trade by way of the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean.

• Discuss trade in Indian and the region during this period. • What empires and civilizations were involved in trade? What were they trading? What methods were they using to trade? • Describe results of trade by way of the Silk Roads and Indian Ocean. üThe spread of goods, ideas, and religion (Buddhism and Hinduism spread throughout East and Southeast Asia)

• What were the causes of the decline and end of the Gupta Empire? üIn the late 5 th Century AD the Gupta Dynasty and its power began to decline üThe subcontinent was once again politically divided and was subject to one wave of invader-rulers after another üThese internal divisions and conquests by outsiders continued until the modern independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 and Bangladesh later in 1971