Classical India: Mauryan and Gupta Empires Flashcards
1
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note
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- 600 BCE
- 16 Major States
- 100 years of instability after the Kushans fell before the Guptan empire
2
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Chandragupta Maurya
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- 321-297 BCE
- first to unify India
- Mauryan Empire
- borrowed war tactics from Persians
- after he died was the Guptan
3
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Ashoka
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- 269-232 BCE
- took control of most of Southern India
- Mauryan empire
- embraced tolerance and non-violence (became Buddhist)
- belief in Darma
- fell after his death to the Kushans
4
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Darma
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- serves as a guide to actions in this world
5
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Kushans
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- invaded from northwest
- leader converted to Buddhism
- fell in 200 CE
6
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Guptan
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- didn’t have an real charismatic leaders
- expanded through intermarriages
- less fighting
- greatest period of stability
- 535 CE it fell
- Golden Age
7
Q
Ashoka eventually accepted _________
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- Buddhism
8
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Chandragupta introduced the ________ to India
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- postal service
9
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the early empires of India did not _______
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- take on a conventional cycle
10
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which empire expanded its influence through intermarriage with local princes
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- Gupta
11
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this is the law of moral consequence
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- Dharma
12
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who introduced bureaucracy to India
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- Chandragupta
13
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who first unified the major states of India?
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- Chandragupta
14
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in 320 C.E., the _________ Empire began
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- Gupta
15
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around 600 B.C.E., there were ________ major states in India
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- 16
