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1. Mauryan Empire Unifies India   (Graeme and Sidney)   

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1. Mauryan Empire Unifies India   (Graeme and Sidney)   

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- Candragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan empire with a complex government

- Founded in 320 BC
- heavy taxes to finance the army of about 600,000 soldiers
- Elephants and Chariots
-301 BC he became a Jainist monk
- The Mauryan Empire covered all of northern and central India after Candragupta left his throne to his son.
- His son expanded the empire all across India

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- Born in 304 BC the died in 233 BC in Pataliputra
-3rd ruler of Indian Mauryan Empire
- Ashoka converted to Buddhism, and promised no more wars
- He improved the life of his people, and the travelers traveling into his city.

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- The Gupta Dynasty took over India around AD 320
- Candra Gupta was the first emperor of the Gupta Dynasty
- Gupta rulers were Hindu
- Gupta rulers supported the religious beliefs of Buddhism and Jainism

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- Candra Gupta II took the throne in India.
- Under his rule, the empire grew, going across northern India.
- The economy grew as well, and the people created works of art
- Gupta kings believed the social order of the Hindu caste system would strengthen their rule.
- The Huns invaded India causing the Gupta Empire to lose hope.
- After their attacks, the empire was distributed into many smaller kingdoms.