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1 - Mauryan Empire Unifies India / The Mauryan Empire

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1 - Mauryan Empire Unifies India / The Mauryan Empire

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-Candragupta Maurya,  a military leader seized control of northern India in the 320's BC.
-Candragupta Maurya founded the Mauryan empire.
-Candragupta Maurya ruled his empire with the help of a complex government.
-He had a network of spies, 600,000 soldiers, thousands of war elephants,  and thousands of chariots.
-Farmers paid heavy tax in return for the army's protection.
-Candragupta Maurya became a Jainist monk in 301 BC but had to give up his throne.
-His son had taken over the throne and continued to expand the empire.
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-Asoka was a strong ruler, the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors.
-He became emperor around 270 BC
-Askoa tried to improve the lives of other people
-While conquering other kingdoms Askoa made his kingdom stonger and richer.
-After ruling for a couple years Asoka converted to Buddism.
-Asoka built roads through the empire
-He also encouraged the spread of Buddhism
-He sent missionaries to lands all over Asia
-Asoka died in 233 BC
-After he died the empire began to fall apart soon afterwards.
-In 184 BC the last mauryan king was killed by one of his own generals
-India divided into smaller states once again

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3 - Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/ A New Hindu Empire

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3 - Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/ A New Hindu Empire

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-Gupta Dynasty took over India around AD 320.
-The first Gupta Emperor was Candra Gupta I.
-Candra Gupta I was followed by his son, Samudra Gupta.
-Samudra Gupta was a brilliant military leader.
-By the time Samudra Gupta died, he had taken control of nearly all of the Ganges River Valley.
-Gupta rulers were Hindu, so Hinduism became India's major religion.
-Although they were Hindu, they also supported Buddhism and Jainism's beliefs.
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4 Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/ Gupta Society

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4 Gupta Rulers Promote Hinduism/ Gupta Society

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Candra Gupta II became emperor of the Gupta Empire in 375

-Gupta society's highest point under his rule, empire grew and stretched across northern India

-Strong economy, people created works of art and literature

-Gupta kings were pro-caste system, they thought it kept empire stable

-Gupta reigned strong until late 400s

-Huns invaded India, by middle of 500s, Gupta rule ended

-India divided into small kingdoms again

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