1. What was the significance of the early empires of India? Notes #25

2. (founder of Mauryan Empire)
The first empire of India was the Mauryan Empire, from 321 B.C. to 185 B.C.
Chandragupta Maurya
(founder of Mauryan Empire)

3. Under the Mauryan Empire, India developed trade routes and missionaries were used to spread Buddhism to other parts of Asia.
Mauryan trade routes
 Ashoka Maurya

4. The second empire of India was the Gupta Empire, from A.D. 320 to A.D. 550.

5. Capital of the Gupta Empire
Under the Gupta Empire, India experienced advances in art, literature, mathematics, and science, such as:
Pataliputra; 
Capital of the Gupta Empire

6. 1. Building stone temples and stupas for religious purposes.

7. Aladdin; from One Thousand
2. Creating great works of literature, written in Sanskrit language, which became the basis for later Islamic literature.
Sanskrit language
Aladdin; from One Thousand
and One Nights

8. 3. Developing the concept of zero, a decimal system, and Arabic numerals.

9. 4. Developing a form of plastic surgery to treat facial injuries and set broken bones.

10. The Gupta Empire also promoted Hinduism in India and created a society that was ordered by Hindu principles, such as the caste system.   
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