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INDIAN CIVILIZATION

EARLIEST, SEE MAPHarappan Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India

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MAURYAN EMPIRE, INDIA Most of the subcontinent was conquered by the Maurya Empire,

400-300 BCE

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MAURYAN EMPIRE, INDIA

321 to 185 BC.

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MAURYAN EMPIRE, INDIA

Chandragupta Maurya , FOUNDER First unifier of India RISE OF OTHER RELIGIONS HINDUISM JAINISM BUDDHISM

LIST RELIGIONS DISCUSSED.

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JAINISM Indian religion that prescribes a path

of non-violence towards all living beings. Its philosophy and practice emphasize the necessity of self-effort to move the soul toward divine consciousness and liberation.

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JAINISM

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GOLDEN AGE OF INDIA 400-600 EC, AD Indians made in the fields of

science, technology, engineering, art, dialectic, literature, logic, mathematics, astronomy, religion and philosophy during the Gupta Empire. The decimal numeral system, including the concept of zero, was invented in India during this period.

GUPTA EMPIRE, 320 CE–600s CE

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GUPTA EMPIRE

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GUPTA EMPIRE

Founded by Maharaja Sri Gupta, dynasty was the model of a classical

civilization HINDUISM THRIVED, EXPANDED

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ASHOKA

Ashoka the Great Indian emperor of the Maurya

Dynasty ruled almost all of the Indian

subcontinent from ca. 269 BC to 232 BC

One of India's greatest emperors

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ASHOKA

CONVERTED TO BUDDHISM PROPAGATION OF BUDDHISM ACROSS

ASIA

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KALINGA WAR As the legend goes, one day after the war was over, Ashoka

ventured out to roam the city and all he could see were burnt houses and scattered corpses. This sight made him sick and he cried the famous monologue:

What have I done? If this is a victory, what's a defeat then? Is this a victory or a defeat? Is this justice or injustice? Is it gallantry or a rout? Is it valor to kill innocent children and women? Do I do it to widen the empire and for prosperity or to destroy the other's kingdom and splendor? One has lost her husband, someone else a father, someone a child, someone an unborn infant.... What's this debris of the corpses? Are these marks of victory or defeat? Are these vultures, crows, eagles the messengers of death or evil?

The brutality of the conquest led him to adopt Buddhism, and he used his position to propagate