Asoka
After a devastating war with Kalinga, Asoka converted to this religion. It grew and spread during his reign.
Buddhism
Gupta mathematicians were the first to use a numeral to represent this number in their math. It’s a real hero.
Zero
Originally, Indian dancing was used to tell important stories from this religion.
Hinduism
Ahimsa, tolerance, and the people’s well-being were the three parts of this new idea of government that Asoka created.
Moral Law
This is the science of extracting metal from ore. During the Gupta Empire, Indian artisans were the most skilled at this science in the world.
Metallurgy
This Indian game was spread across Asia, North Africa, and Europe by traders. Originally, it had elephants instead of bishops as game pieces.
Chess
Asoka promised he would never do this kind of activity again, except to defend his subjects.
Fight a War
Gupta doctors came up with this system of medicine involving medicines made from plants, animal parts, and minerals. For its time, it was very advanced.
Ayurveda
Just like Classical Indian Dancing, songs and music are used to tell stories in these kind of movies, named after a term for India’s film industry.
Bollywood
To share his new ideas with his people, Asoka had these built all across his empire and had his laws carved on them.
Stone Pillars
Because they did not know it came from India, Europeans referred to this numeral system as Arabic numerals. Its modern name acknowledges its Indian origins.
Hindu-Arabic Numerals
During the Gupta Empire, fables were a popular form of storytelling. A fable always ends with this, which is a lesson for how to be a good person.
Moral
During his reign, Asoka built new roads. As a result, this activity increased, especially with foreign countries.
Trade
An accomplished mathematician and astronomer, this man made discoveries, such as that the Earth revolved on its axis, that would not be made or accepted for hundreds of years in Europe.
Aryabhata
He wrote his plays and poems in Sanskrit and was famous for his use of imagery, once comparing the night to a beautiful young woman.
Kalidasa