Fortunes of Empire Classical India
When did they migrate to India?
After 1500 B.C.E.
What did Aryan migrates turned to?
Agriculture.
Did they do sacrifices?
Who was Ashoka?
Greatest Mauryan Empire ruler.
Where was Gupta's dynasty's state?
Magadha
Name one of 2 dynasty's that founded centralized, imperial states?
Mauryan and Gupta Dynasty's
What technology did the Aryan's discover around 1000 B.C.E. ?
Iron metallurgy
What social caste were priests.
They were brahmins.
Who are missionaries?
People who traveled to spread their religion.
Who laid the foundation for the Gupta dynasty?
Chandra Gupta
Around 520 B.C.E. which Persian emperor crossed the Hindu-Kush mountains?
Persian emperor Darius.
Did Indian trade grow or go down?
Grow
Name one of the three main religions in India?
Jains, Buddhists, or Hindu.
When a civilization is in it's best condition/height of influence.
What was Magadhan the capital of?
Pataliputra
Who crossed the Indus river and crushed the states he found on the other side?
Alexander of Macedon
Where did they dot around 600 B.C.E. ?
Indian countryside
Who was the creator of Buddhism?
Siddhartha Guatama
Who made the decimal system?
Gupta empire
Who in the Gupta empire conquered many of the regional kingdoms of India?
Samudra Gupta and Chandra Gupta 11.
Where was the Kingdom of Magadha?
Central portion of the Ganges Valley.
Was the demand for manufactured products high?
Yes.
Around what year was he born?
563 B.C.E
Joint Family
Many family members in the same household.
What was bigger the Gupta or Mauryan empire?
Mauryan dynasty.