Classical India: Maurya and Gupta Empires
The Caste System (Draw & Label a Pyramid Below)
What is a Jati?
HOW DOES HINDUISM OFFER LIMITED SOCIAL MOBILITY?
The Maurya Empire (_________-___________)
Chandragupta
___________________________ Maurya ______________ ___________________ ______________.
Extremely ___________________!
__________________ empire into ______________ & districts for _______ assessments and law enforcement.
Feared ______________________________ food tasters, slept in different rooms, etc.
301 BCE gave up his ___________ & became a________________ (______________ focusing on complete
_____________________).
Kautilya
Chandragupta’s _____________________
Wrote the __________________________________:
A ______________ for the king and his ministers
Supports __________________________ power.
The great evil in society is ______________________________.
Therefore, a ________________ ______________ is needed to employ ____________ when necessary!
Ashoka (__________-____________)
___________________ = most __________________ ________________ of ___________________________
________________ _____________________ after gruesome battle of ____________________
_________________ ______________________________
________________________ ___________________________ art, architecture, & culture. Buddhism
expanded.
Put up ________________ all over India, declaring the _______________________ intent of his empire
Ashoka’s Law Code
____________________ mostly in ______________, but one was in Greek and Aramaic –
_________________________________ (diverse) empire!
__________________ principles ______________________________ his laws.
Focus on: ______________________________, morality, _________________ ___________________
Turmoil and A Power Vacuum (______________-_______________) Divided Kingdoms
Gupta Empire (320 – 550 CE)
Profitable ________________ of _________________ & _________________
_____________s were _________________, not _______________________ (although _________________)
_________________ began to _______________ back within___________________ (Buddha became
just another _________________ ______________)
____________ __________________ & _________________ than ___________________
____________________ ___________________ & a ________________ ___________
Trade Routes and Goods
What goods were being traded and to which regions?
Gupta Achievements (List Them)
1. Mathematics-
2. Astronomy-
3. Medicine-
The __________________ of the ________________ Empire
__________________ by pastoralists called the _________________ __________ in the _________s = end of
the Gupta Golden Age
decline of Gupta empire - north India broke into many_______________ ___________________ kingdoms
ruled by ________________________ (_______________ __________________)
_______________ History is marked by a big debate: ___________________ vs. ____________________