Empires of India

Unit 3RMS IB 2011-2012

Ms. Hunt

Agenda: Thursday, November 3rd, 2011• OBJ: To compare and contrast the histories and

culture of the Mauryan and Gupta Empires by creating diamond foldable entries.

• 1. Quiz- Kingdoms of Africa and the Middle East– No journal

• 2. Lecture- Empires of India• 3. Diamond Foldable entry– Ottoman, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires

• 4. Begin Unit 3 Study Guide• HW: Review your notes for 10 mins/ make

vocabulary and concept flash cards

Empires of IndiaMauryan Empire • Great trading empire, very

centralized, provinces ruled by governors

• Bureaucratic Government– Hand chose rulers and officials– 4 provinces- 4 princes– Capital- Pataliputra

• Chandragupta Maurya- founder 321 B.C.– Fear of assassination- food always tasted

for poison, never slept in the same place 2 nights in a row, secret police

Mauryan Empire Continued• Asoka- grandson of C. Maurya– Considered greatest Indian ruler – Converted Empire to Buddhism- Tolerance of non-

Buddhist– No warfare

• Creation of road system– “pit stops” over all care for the people

• Declined following Asoka’s death, completely gone by 183 B.C.– 500 years of war and problems to follow– Very weak rulers

Asoka and Mauryan Medallion Passport

Gupta Empire- The Golden Age

• Candragupta- founder 320 A.D. • Placed the capital were the palace of the

Mauryan empire was (Pataliputra)• Empire of Luxury/ Golden Age of India• Use of The Silk Road in trading– Salt, cloth, and iron trade

• Decline- Invaded by the Huns, 5th Century

Accomplishments• Education Flourished• Literature– Kalidasa wrote Shakuntala

• Astronomy- use of a calendar, developed weeks and hours

• Architecture- stupa – housed relics of Buddha,

domed shaped

• Traveling Acting Groups• Medicine– Catalog of diseases and

more than 500 plants• Performing of surgery– Including plastic surgery

• Mathematics- Decimal point system and the concept of 0– Hindu- Arabic numerical

system

MughalsTaj Mahal Interesting Facts- Shah Jahan’s Wfie-

Mumtaz, gave birth to 14 children

- Took 22 years to build and covers 42 acres- Ordered it to be built “as

beautiful as she was”- Walls and floors inlayed

with prescious stones and writing

1526 Mughals Invaded- Akbar- greatest ruler of the Muhgals (Fair and Just ruler)- Shah Jahan- ruler who built the Taj Mahal

Tomb for his wife*Overthrown by his own son

Indian Empires Accomplishments

200 B.C.- 1600 A.D.• Architecture- Stupa, Taj Mahal• Preservation of Ancient classics• Large system of road ways (including pit

stops)• Great Trading Empire!!!– Use of the silk Road

Empires of the World- Diamond Foldable

• Each pair of students should have 3 sheets of paper, 1 set of scissors, and 1 glue stick.– Entries for- Ottoman, Mauryan, and Gupta Empires

• Follow Ms. Hunt’s folding directions• Fill in, using your notes, all information that belongs in the

diamonds:– Top- Name of Kingdom and illustration to represent their

achievements – Left- Location (geography, description of territory)– Right- Important people and places– Bottom- Accomplishments

• Be sure to decorate each diamond so it relates to the Empire it contains notes on.

• You have until the end of class to finish your diamond foldable.