classical india
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Classical IndiaUnit 1: 8000 BCE to 600 CE
Mauryas
326 BCE- Chandragupta Maurya
Bureaucratic administrative system
MauryasAshoka
Rock Edicts
Organized bureaucracy
Built roads, hospitals, & rest houses
Mauryas
Declined after Ashoka’s death
India returned to regional kingdoms
Order & stability
Increase in trade
Gupta Empire
Not united again until 320 CE
Chandra Gupta
Conquered many regional kingdoms
Gupta Empire
Left local govt. in power
Hinduism became primary religion
Power continued ca. 400’s CE
EconomyExpansion of agriculture
Irrigation
Surplus
Increase in trade
Silk Roads
Monsoon winds
Caste & Class
Patriarchal society
Strict structure
Caste: CANNOT be changed!
Determined job, diet, & marriage
Religion & Culture
Art stressed symbolism
Success in geometry & algebra
Calculated circumference of the earth & the value of pi
Developed concept of zero, decimal system, & Arabic number system
Religion & Culture
Buddhism Hinduism
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