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INDIAN EMPIRES MAURYA EMPIRE NAME__________________________________ MAURYA EMPIRE When did they rule? _____________________ The __________________ dynasty united most of India under the rule of _________________________. CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA How did Chandragupta Maurya strengthen India? 1. Heavily taxed the people to support the _________________. 2. _____________ most of the Indian subcontinent. 3. developed a large _______________________ and _______________________. Emperor Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta. Under Ashoka, __________________, except the southern tip came under Mauryan control. DATE________________________ EMPEROR ASHOKA ( ASOKA) ASHOKA’S CONVERSION Emperor Ashoka converted to the belief system of __________________________. Why? ___________________________________ ________________________________________ Enacts laws that embrace _________________, _____________________, and ____________________ Edict of Ashoka:
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INDIAN EMPIRES
MAURYA EMPIRENAME__________________________________
MAURYA EMPIRE
When did they rule? _____________________
The __________________ dynasty united most of India under the rule of _________________________.
CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA
How did Chandragupta Maurya strengthen India?
1. Heavily taxed the people to support the _________________.
2. _____________ most of the Indian subcontinent.
3. developed a large _______________________ and _______________________.
Emperor Ashoka was the grandson of Chandragupta.
Under Ashoka, __________________, except the southern tip came under Mauryan control.
DATE________________________
EMPEROR ASHOKA ( ASOKA)
ASHOKA’S CONVERSION
Emperor Ashoka converted to the belief system of __________________________.
Why? ___________________________________
________________________________________
Enacts laws that embrace _________________, _____________________, and
____________________ Edict of Ashoka:
GUPTA EMPIRE: GOLDEN AGE OF INDIA
NAME__________________________________
GUPTA EMPIRE
When did they rule? _____________________
The Gupta Empire was founded by Chandragupta I ( not related to Maurya emperor)
The Gupta rulers were _______________.
Under the Guptas _________________ and _________________________ were reinforced.
The Gupta government was not as ___________________, local rulers were allowed to maintain their authority as long as they submitted to the ultimate rule of the Guptas.
The local rulers had to pay ___________________, to the Gupta, this was money or gifts given to the Gupta rulers.
DATE________________________
ECONOMY OF THE GUPTAGupta India profited from foreign ______________by selling cotton, ivory.
- bought items such as silk from China; resold to traders going west.
- Many roads and port cities built throughout the empire.
STATUS OF WOMEN- Women experienced an ________________ social
status during the Gupta Empire.-- Women could not inherit property and could not
remarry.
Sati: a Hindu practice whereby a widow __________________herself on the funeral pyre of her husband.
