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Mauryan/GuptaEmpires
Q and A for Mauryan and Gupta Empires
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the dates of Mauryan rule? | 322 - 185 BCE |
| What are the dates of Gupta rule? | 320 - 550 CE |
| Before Empires were formed, what was India like? | Hundreds of empires formed, powerful regional chiefs ruled such kingdoms. |
| 327 BCE saw who enter India? What did they do? | Alexander the Great, overran the divided kingdoms in Punjab region. |
| What was the first kingdom to appear after Alexander overran the Indians? Who did they survive? | Magadha, they were out of reach for Alexander to get to. |
| Who then took control of the Magadha Kingdom? How did he handle other parts of India? | Chandragupta Maurya, he conquered more land that unified all the divided communities or both North and Central India. |
| Chandragupta, led his power for long? | 324 - 297 BCE |
| Seleucids was described as being what? | One of Alexander the Greats former Generals that wanted to conquer India. |
| Chandragupta had what ready to uphold Seleucids? | Infantry, Cavalry, War elephants |
| What was the aftermath of the fight between | Signed a peace treaty, married one of Seleucids daughters and traded it for 500 elephants |
| During Chandragupta's rule, what did he do to maintain it? | Applied the Persia method of using governors for his empire. Adopted lessons learned from a book called Arthashastra. |
| The famine that hit the end of Chandragupta's did what to him? | Had the ruler fast, feeling bad for the people starving, which he died from |
| Who took over during and after Chandragupta's death? Who came after them? What did they both do for India? | Bindusara took over after the first ruler, after him came Ashoka. Both ended up expanding the empire during their rule. |
| What was Ashoka like before and after war? | Before he was a ruthless and violent ruler during conquest. After a violent battle, he advocated for Buddhism and Dharma. |
| How did Ashoka spread his faith all over his Empire? | He personally traveled the empire and had Buddhist structures all along the empire. |
| Sri Gupta founded his empire in what time frame? | 240 - 280 CE |
| Post Ashoka, how much had India expanded? | It extended across north India. |
| Why was the Gupta Empire considered the Golden Age of India? | Peace, safety, arts, and sciences advanced during this time. |
| What is the oldest belief in India, what are the other two? | Jainism, followed by Hinduism and Buddhism. |
| Across all beliefs practiced in India, what did they mainly practice in? | Pacifism, fasting, renounce earthly possessions, vegetarianism, and rebirth . |
| What were the inscribed in the pillar edicts that Ashoka created ? | Teachings both Ashoka and Buddha wanted to share. |
| Describe how trade was during both empires. | Chandragupta created a standard currency, many governor and admin positions, and had a tax system. |
| How did Ashoka contribute to trade? | Built major roadways the expanded trade internationally, places like Bactria and Persia were open to trade. |
| Explain how women were during Ancient India. | They were restricted to household/domestic duties. Though some high caste could inherit land or property they still were secluded to houses. Lower caste women were given much more freedom and could move around more. |
| Why would women join a Buddhist nunnery? | In order to get away from the caste system and teach others about enlightenment. |
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