1. CHAPTER 5 SECTION 5
INDIAN ACHIEVEMENTS

2. RELIGIOUS ART MAURYANS AND GUPTANS CREATED GREAT WORKS OF ART
MANY OF THEM REFLECTED HINDU AND BUDDHIST TEACHINGS
MAGNIFICENT TEMPLES BUILT AT THIS TIME
TEMPLES BECAME MORE AND MORE ORNATE- WITH CARVINGS AND IDOLS OF THEIR GODS

3. STUPA- BUDDHIST TEMPLE DOMED ROOF
THEY WERE BUILT TO HOUSE BUDDHIST RELICS
INDIAN PAINTINGS WERE CLEAR AND COLORFUL
TELL US ABOUT DAILY LIFE AND RITUAL IN INDIA

4. SANSKRIT LITERATURE
MAHABARATA AND RAMAYANA- HINDU RELIGIOUS EPICS – TELLS THE STORY OF TWO FAMILIES CONTROLFOR KINGDOM
BHAGAVAD GITA- PASSAGE ABOUT HINDU BELIEFS
KALIDASA- WROTE PLAYS FOR ROYAL COURT
PANCHATANTRA- STORIES INTENDED TO TEACH LESSONS IE FABLES.

5. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES
PIONEERS OF METTALURGY- THE SCIENCE OF METALWORKING
KNEW HOW TO CREATE ALLOYS- A MIX OF METALS
EX: BRONZE= COPPER AND TIN
IRON WAS STRONGEST
BUILT FAMOUS IRON PILLAR IN DELHI

6. MATHEMATICS HINDU ARABIC NUMBERS- WE USE TODAY CREATED THE ZERO
DOCTORS WROTE TEXTBOOKS
HERBAL HEALING
INOCULATION- INJECTING PERSON WITH SMALL DOSE OF VIRUS TO BUILD IMMUNITY

7. COULD PERFORM SURGERY- FIX BROKEN BONES, TREAT WOUNDS, REMOVE INFECTED TONSILS, REATTACH TORN EARLOBES
ASTRONOMY- KNEW OF SEVEN PLANETS, KNEW SUN WAS A STAR, KNEW EARTH WAS SPHERE
COULD PREDICT ECLIPSES