Gupta Empirein P.E.R.S.I.A

Hannah and Ellie

GUPTA EMPIRE

Gupta empire was established in India and it affected India in many ways.

We will explain about Gupta Empire by each category : Power, Economics, Religion, Social, Intellectual, and Artistic.

Gupta empire was impor-tant base to make Indian cultures.

POWER

→ How power is distributed and how decisions are made.

Gupta dynasty had own political system to control the empire, and it affected by religion, Hinduism.

•Gupta empire had Strong central government.•The government accepted the own management of each Individual villages and City governments. (Elected by merchants & artisans) - They are ruled by an Emperor. - Sometimes, power was transferred between lead-ers through violence, such as assassinations.

ECONOMICS

→ The making and distributing of money or wealth.

The economics of Gupta empire was systematic and flour-ished.

• Trade was essential industry.–Usually, they traded Salt, spices, various manufactured goods.–Artisans exported to East Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia.

• Mining, forestry, and agriculture are major industries.• Leaders reduced taxes. They held

freedom in high regards rather than taxes. (Taxes < Freedom)

RELIGION

→ How a society describes the su-pernatural.

The official religion of Gupta empire gave many effects in most of Gupta’s culture.

• Hinduism was the official religion.• It supported the Caste System which

is dividing people by castes(social sta-tus). Because of this system, there were many limits and restrictions in the Gupta society.• Some rules of Gupta empire also were

base on Hinduism.• Hindus believed one god, Brahman,

who suggests many deities to his fol-lowers(Hindus).

SOCIAL

→ How individuals in a society in-teract with each other.

Gupta Empire’s social features were based on Hinduism very much.

• In Gupta empire, people married to a per-son who was chosen by their parents. Moreover, they practiced “dowry”, which was the payment to the bridegroom for marriage of their daughter.• In Gupta families, children trained duties

and traditions of their castes by parents.• Most of their lives were divided by castes.• They could not change their statuses for-

ever.

INTELLECTUAL

→ How a society tends to solve problems (patterns).

Gupta empire’s intellectual culture was strong, and more developed than other countries in some ways.

• In Gupta empire, one of the major accomplishments was education that helped to de-velop science, mathematic system and so on.

• Moreover, Gupta doctors first used injection(vaccinating) to people for keeping healthy. – They had devel-oped own remedies.

• The Gupta empire trans-ferred and recorded ideas by writing long poems in San-skrit.

• The Hinduism also gave ef-fects to the education sys-tem. For example, many students( especially, in higher status) educated in religious schools. (Buddhist monastery-university at Na-landa) However, this school taught students not only re-ligion, but also other various subjects such as philosophy, mathmatics, medicine, physics, languages, and lit-erature.

• They developed their own decimal system.

→ What a society sees as beautiful, how it defines beauty, and how it enter-tains itself.

Gupta art is based on Hin-duism and holds human emotions in high regards.

ARTISTIC

• Gupta art focuses on emotions which can be seen in their dramas. • Moreover, usually the play’s final scene is containing eight emotions to make audiences be overpowered.• In the Gupta empire, they have long, elegant poems and plays.• The eight pure emotions that au-diences recognized in the Gupta court are known as “rasas”.

GUPTA EMPIREGupta Empire, it is based on its of-ficial religion which is Hinduism, and this religion affects most of other cultures, too.

Gupta is the empire that has strong government, education, re-ligion, society, and economic sys-tems. Moreover, Gupta art is at the Golden Age.

These strong sources of Gupta empire helps to develop the coun-try, and it also gives many effects to a modernize country in the fu-ture.

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