1. Ch. 3 India & China Section Two: New Empires in India

2. I. The Mauryan Dynasty
400 B.C. Persia threatened the Dynasty
Alexander the Great invaded in 327 B.C.

4. A. The Founding of the Mauryan Dynasty
Chandragupta Maurya 324 to 301 B.C.
Highly centralized & impartial power
Provinces, ruled by governors

5. B. The Reign of Asoka
Asoka, grandson of Chandragupta Maurya
*Asoka is considered the greatest ruler in the history of India
Converted to Buddhism

7. II. The Kushan Kingdom & the Silk Road
100 B.C. founded by nomadic warriors, in Afghanistan
Prospered on trade
Silk Road – a route between the Roman Empire & China, so called because silk was China’s most valuable product (p. 83)

8. The Kushan Kingdom & the Silk Road
Stretched from the city of Changan in China to Antioch a port city in Syria on the Mediterranean Sea

10. III. The Kingdom of the Guptas
Chandragupta & son Samudragupta
Dominate political force in northern India

12. The Kingdom of the Guptas
Faxian, a Chinese Buddhist monk spent years in northern India
The Gupta Empire actively engaged in trade with China, Southeast Asia & the Mediterranean
Mines of gold, silver

13. Caves
Prince Gautama

14. The Kingdom of the Guptas
Profited from religious trade
Pilgrim – a person who travels to a shrine or other holy place (p.85)
Invaded by the Huns in 5th century A.D.

15. IV. The World of Indian Culture
Literature, architecture and Science

16. A. Literature: A Lasting Legacy
Vedas, earliest known Indian literature
Epic poems: Mahabharata & Ramayana
Recount deeds of great warriors

18. Literature: A Lasting Legacy
Most famous poem, Bhagavad Gita
The Ramayana was an account of the fictional ruler Rama
Kalidasa most famous Indian author
The Cloud Messenger

19. B. Architecture
The pillar, marked sites pertinent to the Buddha’s life
The stupa, burial mounds & held relics
The rock chamber, carved out of mountainsides

20. stupa

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22. C. Science Astronomy Aryabhata, the most famous mathematician
*Created Algebra
Devised a decimal system of counting in tens
Introduced the concept of zero