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The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts, fabulous literature, and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period.

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Ashoka promoted Buddhist expansion by sending monks to surrounding territories to share the teachings of the Buddha. A wave of conversion began, and Buddhism spread not only through India, but also internationally. Some scholars believe that many Buddhist practices were simply absorbed into the tolerant Hindu faith.

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How did the Mauryan Empire use their beliefs systems and philosophical ideas to gain, consolidate, and maintain power?

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How did the Mauryan Empire use their beliefs systems and philosophical ideas to gain, consolidate, and maintain power?

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At first they practiced Buddhism, and eventually transferred into Jainism, but in both religions, the prominence of the idea of remaining peaceful and respecting other human beings would prevent any violent methods to overthrow the power.

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What were the Silk Roads? How might the Silk Roads affect the civilizations connected by them?

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What were the Silk Roads? How might the Silk Roads affect the civilizations connected by them?

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Silk roads were land and ocean trade routes that linked Eurasia. The Silk Road spanned the Asian continent and represented a form of global economy when the known world was smaller but more difficult to traverse than nowadays. A network of mostly land but also sea trading routes, the Silk Road stretched from China to Korea and Japan in the east, and connected China through Central Asia to India in the south and to Turkey and Italy in the west.

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What are the major beliefs and practices of Buddhism?

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What are the major beliefs and practices of Buddhism?

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The principles of Buddhist philosophy (The Core Beliefs in Buddhism) in practiceare: The Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path and The Five Precepts.... Unsatisfactoriness and suffering exist and are universally experienced. Desire and attachment are the causes of unsatisfactoriness and suffering.

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The founder of Buddhism in this world is Buddha Shakyamuni. He was born as a royal prince in 624 BC in a place called Lumbini, which was originally in northern India but is now part of Nepal. ‘Shakya’ is the name of the royal family into which he was born, and ‘Muni’ means ‘Able One’. His parents gave him the name Siddhartha.

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What are the major beliefs and practices of Hinduism?

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What are the major beliefs and practices of Hinduism?

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Truth is eternal.

Brahman is Truth and Reality.

The Vedas are the ultimate authority.

Everyone should strive to achieve dharma.

Individual souls are immortal.

The goal of the individual soul is moksha

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What was the Indus River Valley Civilization?

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What was the Indus River Valley Civilization?

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The Indus River Valley Civilization​ was the first civilization in India. It developed along the Indus River on the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The civilization was well-known for sophisticated cities like Harappa​ and Mohenjo-Daro​ that included a grid street pattern and drainage systems. The Indus Civilization may have had a population of over five million. Over 2500 cities and settlements have been found. Around the middle of the second millennium BCE, the Indus River basin dried up, and the sites were abandoned.

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What was the Indian Ocean Complex? How did the Indian Ocean Complex affect the civilizations connected by it?

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What was the Indian Ocean Complex? How did the Indian Ocean Complex affect the civilizations connected by it?

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Indian Ocean trade. Indian Ocean Trade has been a key factor in East–West exchanges throughout history. Long distance trade in dhows and sailboats made it a dynamic zone of interaction between peoples, cultures, and civilizations stretching from Java in the East to Zanzibar and Mombasa in the West.

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How did geography affect the development of classical civilizations in India?

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How did geography affect the development of classical civilizations in India?

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Geography and climate both played significant roles in the settlement and development of

ancient Indian civilization.The first notable geographical feature is the Himalayan Mountains located in the northern portion of the Indian subcontinent that severs India from the rest of Asia.