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Mauryan Empire Unifies India/ The Mauryan Empire Cam Barlow and Caitlin Saboliauskas

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Mauryan Empire Unifies India/ The Mauryan Empire Cam Barlow and Caitlin Saboliauskas

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-- The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 320 BC.

-- This empire had a complex government, a network of spies, 600000 soldiers and thousands of war elephants and chariots at their disposal.

-- The farmers paid a heavy tax to secure their safety

-- Chandragupta became a Jainist monk and passed down the throne.

-- The empire ruled all of northern India and most of central India

-- Asoka became the strongest Mauryan Empire

-- The empire fell apart in 233 BC

-- The last Mauryan king died and the empire ended in 185 BC

-- Chandragupta Maurya (the founder of the Maurya Empire) lived from 340-298 BC.

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The Gupta Society - Sammy Bennett & Angie Galvin

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The Gupta Society - Sammy Bennett & Angie Galvin

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~In 375 Candra Gupta II took the throne in India

~Under Candra Gupta's reign the empire reached its highest point and continued to grow

~The Gupta Empire was named after the Gupta dynasty which lasted from 320-550 C.E.

~The Gupta Society was classified in four castes, Brahamans, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas and Sudras

~The caste system was enforced in the Gupta Empire

~Outsiders admired the beauty and strength of the Gupta Empire

~Women were allowed education in the Gupta Society

~People in the Gupta Society were strictly vegetarian and mostly had a vegetable diet

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~Around 270 BC Chandragupta's grandson Asoka became king.

~He was a great ruler, and extended Mauryan rule over most of India.

~A few years into his rule he converted to Buddhism and ended his wars of conquest.

~After becoming a Buddhist, Asoka had more time and resources to improve the lives of his people.

~ He dug wells and built roads throughout the empire.

~ Along the roads workers planted shade trees and built rest huts.

~ He also encouraged the spread of Buddhism

~ Asoka died in 233 BC, and the empire soon fell apart.

~ In 184 BC, the last Mauryan king was killed by one of his generals.

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A New Hindu Empire  Audrey Brown and Annabel Kenyon

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A New Hindu Empire  Audrey Brown and Annabel Kenyon

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~ The new empire was called the Gupta Dynasty

~ The New Hindu Empire took over in 320 AD

~Under their rule India became united again

~ Candra Gupta I was the first emperor of the New Hindu Empire

~ Candra Gupta I eventually brought most of northern India under his control

~ Candra Gupta's son, Samudra Gupta, added more territory

~ As stated by the text book Samudra Gupta was know as a brilliant leader

~ Hinduism was their religion

~ They supported both Buddhism and Janism