7 Mauryan Gupta Empires Notes

Name: _____________________________________
Ms. Fowler – World Cultures
Rise, Rule and Decline: Mauryan Empire
Rise:
1. When and how was the Mauryan Empire Established?
2. What was the role of Chandragupta Maurya?
a. Unification:
b. Administration:
c. Economics:
3. How did Kautilya (advisor of Chandragupta Maurya) believe one must rule?
Rule:
1. List the accomplishments of Asoka.
a.
b.
i. What is a stupa?
2. How was Asoka’s style of governing different than Chandragupta’s?
a. Religion:
b. Theory:
3.
Decline:
1. What caused the decline of the Mauryan Empire?
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Rise, Rule and Decline: Gupta Empire
Rise:
1. When and how was the Gupta Empire Established?
2. What was the role of Chandra Gupta I?
Rule:
1. What was the role of Chandra Gupta II?
a.
b.
2. List accomplishments of the Gupta Empire
a. Medicine:
b. Mathematics:
c. Astronomy:
d. Literature:
Decline:
1. What caused the decline of the Gupta Empire?