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Unified northern India. Indus to Ganges First unified centralized government in India Defeated the Macedon/Persian general Seleucus. Divided his empire into provinces, then districts for tax assessments and law enforcement.
He feared assassination Used spies, food tasters, slept in different rooms, etc. 301 BCE gave up his throne & became a Jainist Monk. Some say he starved himself to death.
Chandraguptas advisor.
Kautilya
Set up a bureaucratic administrative system that made policies for empire. Wrote The Treatise on Material Gain or the
Arthashastra.
A guide for the king and his ministers: Supports royal power. 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, and 9,000 war elephants.
The great evil in society is anarchy. Therefore, a single authority is needed to employ force when necessary!
Ashokas Government
Rock and Pillar Edicts imperial laws based on Buddhist values Stable government led to growing economy and expansion of agriculture Utilized tightly organized bureaucracy
Set up a central treasury to oversee collection of taxes used to support officials soldiers, others
Ashokas Empire
Ashokas Edicts
Gupta Rulers
Chandra Gupta I
r. 320 335 CE
Hindu
revival.
Chandra Gupta II
Huns
invade450 CE
Chandra Gupta II
Extensive Trade:
Land Route = Silk Road Water Route = Indian Ocean
Kalidasa
Shakuntala.
Gupta Art
Gupta Achievements
Kalidasa
Ramayana
Mahabbarata
Medicine
Inoculations
Literature
C-sections performed
Gupta India
Solar Calendar
Decimal System
Mathematics
PI = 3.1416
Astronomy
The earth is round
Concept of Zero
QUESTION:
Is the best literature and art written as the civilization is on the rise, at its height, or in its decline?
Bhartrhari
5c India court poet and philosopher.
Knowledge is man's crowning mark, A treasure secretly buried, The source of luxury, fame, and bliss, A guru most venerable, A friend on foreign journeys, The pinnacle of divinity. Knowledge is valued by kings beyond wealth--When he lacks it, a man is a brute.
Gupta Review
Draw another frame to the cartoon that reflects why the Gupta is a Classic Empire.