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Building an Empire ________ – people, nations or ________ under the control of ______ ruler. ________________ ______ and his army defeat the _______ of eastern India. Starts the _________ Empire 321 BC.

Chandragupta Maurya Harsh Ruler Built up a huge ________ Split empire into ___ provinces each ruled by a _______. His palace and ________ city was beautiful

________ foot soldiers 30,000 soldiers on ________ 9,000 _________

HOW DO YOU KEEP UP?

Must _____ them!! Must ______them!! Must ____ them!!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE $$$$$$$$ ?!?!?

He _______ taxed his people Took __of farmers’ crops

_______________ BOOK THAT TEACHES HOW TO _______ A VAST EMPIRE __________

BUILDING A VAST EMPIRE BY: KAUTILYA ARTHASASTRA

Asoka Chandragupta’s _________takes throne in 269 BC Brought ________ Empire to its greatest height.

Asoka Spreads Buddhism In the beginning he was a ____ warrior He converts to _____________ and starts to set up ____________ to _______ Buddhism He was ________of other religions.

Gupta Empire After Asoka’s death, follows 500 years of trouble. _______ ___ of Classical India –Many contributions in __________ and ______

Gupta Math Most _________ math in the ________ Invented the modern use of –The number ________ –The __________ system –Aryabhata – calculated the year to days

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