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1. Mauryan Empire Unifies India/ The Mauryan Empire (Chelsea Bureau and Liam Clinton)

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1. Mauryan Empire Unifies India/ The Mauryan Empire (Chelsea Bureau and Liam Clinton)

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1. The empire was ruled by a military ruler Candragupta Maurya who gained power by seizing all of Northern India in 320 B.C.
2. Mauryas complex government included spies, and an army of 600,000 soldiers
3. Some of their war tequniches included using many elephants and chariots, the government was able to pay for all of this by having farmers pay heavy taxes in return for their safety
4. In 301 BC Candragupta passed his throne onto his son because he wanted to become a Jainist monk and needed to give up his throne in order to do so.
5. The Mauryan rule lasted for about 150 years from 320 BC to 185 BC.
Vocab Words:
Jainist: A person who follows a religion of India originating in the sixth century b.c. and teaching liberation of the soul.
by right knowledge, right faith, and right conduct.
Monk: A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Seizing: ake hold of suddenly and forcibly.

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2. Mauryan Empire Unifies India/ Asoka (Viviana Leach)

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2. Mauryan Empire Unifies India/ Asoka (Viviana Leach)

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1. Asoka was one of the Mauryan Empire's rulers- he became the Mauryan ruler in 270 BC
2. he was the grandson of Emperor Candragupta Maurya, the first Mauryan ruler
3. Asoka conquered many kingdoms to expand his empire and power
4. after ruling for a couple years, Asoka became a Buddhist
5. Asoka stopped his conquests and instead focused on his people's well-being
6. he constructed wells, roads to connect places in his empire, and improved life for travelers
7. he greatly influenced the spread of Buddhism by sending missionaries throughout Asia to spread his faith
8. after his death in 233 BC, the empire started to fall apart
9. the Mauryan Empire fell apart completely in 184 BC, when the final Mauryan ruler was murdered by his general
10. after the fall of the empire, India was composed of states

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3. Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/A New Hindu Empire (Isabella Mahr and Linnea Ripps)

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3. Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/A New Hindu Empire (Isabella Mahr and Linnea Ripps)

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1. The first emperor of the Gupta Empire was Candra Gupta; and the empire took over around AD 320.
2. Throughout his reign, the empire grew by invading and conquering.
3. After Emperor Gupta died, his son, Samudra Gupta, took over.
4. Samudra Gupta continued conquering the surrounding lands; and by the time he died, he had taken over most of the Ganges River Valley.
5. Although the Gupta Empire's main religion was Hinduism and the kings built many Hindu temples, Gupta rulers supported Buddhism and Jainism.

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4. Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/Gupta Society (Sophia Egan and Carter Puranananda)

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4. Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/Gupta Society (Sophia Egan and Carter Puranananda)

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1. In 375 BC, Candra Gupta II took the throne, and when he did, the empire grew across northern India, the economy flourished, and people lived well.

2. People who didn’t live in the empire admired its beautiful works of art and literature.

3. Kings enforced the caste system, and it became a very important part in society.

4. The Gupta empire remained strong until the Huns (a group from Central Asia) invaded India from the North. The Gupta empire lost power and wealth.

5. By the 500’s, the Gupta empire had ended and split into kingdoms as it was before.