RN 18 Sarnath = 18.6 Sculpture Bakshali = 18.8 Mathematics Meharauli = 18.7 Metalwork Nalanda = 18.3 Universities Ajanta = 18.5 Painting Pataliputra = 18.9 Roads Ujjain = 18.4 Literature

Sarnath: Sculpture Statues  bronze, wood, stone, & terracotta  Buddha, Hindu deities, famous people  Stood on their own or on walls of caves & temples

Bakshali: Mathematics Hindu-Arabic numerals 1-9 Zero Decimal system Aryabhata – astronomer  Days in a year, size of Earth  Planets were spheres  Earth spins on its axis

Nalanda: Universities Hindu or Buddhist Only males & teachers’ daughters  religion, mathematics, astronomy  chemistry, Sanskrit, sculpture,  painting, music, dancing, logic  grammar, medicine

Meharauli: Metalwork Engraved gold, copper coins Iron pillar at Meharauli  25 ft. tall  13,000 lbs

Ajanta: Painting Important part of the lives of nobles Deities, religious stories, royal families, luxury Most famous – Ajanta caves

Pataliputra: Roads Hard-packed dirt A few feet off the ground for drainage Signs of distance Helped internal trade Connected India to China & to the Mediterranean

Ujjain: Literature Poetry, fables, folktales, & plays The Puranas (“Ancient Lore”)– Hindu legends The Mahabharata (“Great Work”)– poem of Hindu values and battle b/t good and evil Bhagavad Gita (“Song of the Lord”) – poem describing basic truths of Hinduism

Sarnath: Sculpture Flat, farmland, heavy rain, hot, near Ganges Statues  bronze, wood, stone, & terracotta  Buddha, Hindu deities, famous people  Stood on their own or on walls of caves & temples

Bakshali: Mathematics Hot, dry, rocky, surrounded by mountains Hindu-Arabic numerals 1-9 Zero Decimal system Aryabhata – astronomer  Days in a year, size of Earth  Planets were spheres  Earth spins on its axis

Meharauli: Metalwork Flat, dry, hot & humid in summer, cold in winter Engraved gold, copper coins Iron pillar at Meharauli  25 ft. tall  13,000 lbs

Nalanda: Universities Fertile Ganges plain, hot, humid, heavy rain in wet season Hindu or Buddhist Only males & teachers’ daughters  religion, mathematics, astronomy  chemistry, Sanskrit, sculpture,  painting, music, dancing, logic  grammar, medicine

Ajanta: Painting Dry, flat land surrounded by mtns, hot humid summer Important part of the lives of nobles Deities, religious stories, royal families, luxury Most famous – Ajanta caves

Pataliputra: Roads Flat plains, green crops, hot & humid Hard-packed dirt A few feet off the ground for drainage Signs of distance Helped internal trade Connected India to China & to the Mediterranean

Ujjain: Literature Hilly, rocky land, mtns to the south, humid & warm, dry until summer monsoons Poetry, fables, folktales, & plays The Puranas (“Ancient Lore”)– Hindu legends The Mahabharata (“Great Work”)– poem of Hindu values and battle b/t good and evil Bhagavad Gita (“Song of the Lord”) – poem describing basic truths of Hinduism