Empires of India

1. Empires of India Unit 3 RMS IB 2011-2012 Ms. Hunt

2. Agenda: Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 • OBJ: To compare and contrast the histories and culture of the Mauryan and Gupta Empires by creating diamond foldable entries. • 1. Quiz- Kingdoms of Africa and the Middle East • No journal • 2. Lecture- Empires of India • 3. Diamond Foldable entry • Ottoman, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires • 4. Begin Unit 3 Study Guide • HW: Review your notes for 10 mins/ make vocabulary and concept flash cards

3. Empires of India Mauryan Empire • Great trading empire, very centralized, provinces ruled by governors • Bureaucratic Government • Hand chose rulers and officials • 4 provinces- 4 princes • Capital- Pataliputra • Chandragupta Maurya- founder 321 B.C. • Fear of assassination- food always tasted for poison, never slept in the same place 2 nights in a row, secret police

5. Mauryan Empire Continued • Asoka- grandson of C. Maurya • Considered greatest Indian ruler • Converted Empire to Buddhism- Tolerance of non-Buddhist • No warfare • Creation of road system • “pit stops” over all care for the people • Declined following Asoka’s death, completely gone by 183 B.C. • 500 years of war and problems to follow • Very weak rulers

6. Asoka and Mauryan Medallion Passport

7. Gupta Empire- The Golden Age • Candragupta- founder 320 A.D. • Placed the capital were the palace of the Mauryan empire was (Pataliputra) • Empire of Luxury/ Golden Age of India • Use of The Silk Road in trading • Salt, cloth, and iron trade • Decline- Invaded by the Huns, 5th Century

9. Accomplishments • Education Flourished • Literature • Kalidasa wrote Shakuntala • Astronomy- use of a calendar, developed weeks and hours • Architecture- stupa • housed relics of Buddha, domed shaped • Traveling Acting Groups • Medicine • Catalog of diseases and more than 500 plants • Performing of surgery • Including plastic surgery • Mathematics- Decimal point system and the concept of 0 • Hindu- Arabic numerical system

11. Mughals Taj Mahal Interesting Facts • Shah Jahan’s Wfie- Mumtaz, gave birth to 14 children • Took 22 years to build and covers 42 acres • Ordered it to be built “as beautiful as she was” • Walls and floors inlayed with prescious stones and writing 1526 Mughals Invaded - Akbar- greatest ruler of the Muhgals (Fair and Just ruler) - Shah Jahan- ruler who built the Taj Mahal Tomb for his wife *Overthrown by his own son

14. Indian Empires Accomplishments 200 B.C.- 1600 A.D. • Architecture- Stupa, Taj Mahal • Preservation of Ancient classics • Large system of road ways (including pit stops) • Great Trading Empire!!! • Use of the silk Road

15. Empires of the World- Diamond Foldable • Each pair of students should have 3 sheets of paper, 1 set of scissors, and 1 glue stick. • Entries for- Ottoman, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires • Follow Ms. Hunt’s folding directions • Fill in, using your notes, all information that belongs in the diamonds: • Top- Name of Kingdom and illustration to represent their achievements • Left- Location (geography, description of territory) • Right- Important people and places • Bottom- Accomplishments • Be sure to decorate each diamond so it relates to the Empire it contains notes on. • You have until the end of class to finish your diamond foldable.