CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA
CHANDRAGUPTA First empire Expansion
GOVT. Districts Secret police ++ military
ASHOKA Buddhism +++ Toleration
Factions
GUPTA (320-500) Reunite Renaissance
ART/LITERATURE Love life Golden Age Poetry, adventures Kama Sutra
1-9, “zero” Influences? Math
MEDICINE Hospitals – free Animals
Small states
Islam Merchants Conquest
S. INDIA States Growth
States Temple Center
Trade Global Cosmopolitan
ISLAM Gradual ++ 1500: 25% Sufis Personal Untouchables?
Two faiths Sikh: 1500 Hinduism ++
Post 1500 Fragmentation Rajputs