Foundations of the Empire
This man founded the Gupta Empire
Who is Chandragupta 1?
The Gupta period is known as this type of age.
What is a Golden Age?
The Gupta Empire brought stability by doing this to northern India.
What is unifying it?
This movement focused on personal devotion to a god.
What is the Bhakti movement?
One major cause of the empire’s decline.
What is invasions?
The Gupta Empire began around this year.
What is 320 CE?
This mathematician and scientist made major contributions.
Who is Aryabhata?
Trade improved because of these two things.
What are better roads and trade routes?
The Bhakti movement was important because of this.
What is it allowed common people to participate?
Another cause of decline besides invasions.
What is weak leadership?
This Ruler expanded the empire through conquest
Who is Samudragupta?
This popular strategy game was invented during this time.
What is chess?
Name one product traded during the Gupta period.
What is sugar? What is spices? What is textiles (cloth/cotton/silk)?
Bhakti leaders used this type of language instead of Sanskrit.
What is common/local language?
Repeated invasions weakened the empire in this way.
What is defense and control weakened?
Conquered rulers had to do this to stay in power.
What is pay tribute (taxes)?
Name one achievement of Aryabhata.
What is calculating pi / place value system / Earth’s rotation?
This is one reason the Gupta Empire declined.
What is invasions or weak leadership?
Hinduism and Buddhism changed in this way as they spread.
What is they adapted to new cultures?
After the fall, new empires did this.
What is rose in different regions?
This group invaded the Gupta Empire around 450 CE.
Who are the Huns?
This explains why the Gupta period is called a Golden Age.
What is major achievements in math, science, art, and culture?
After the empire fell, this happened to India.
What is it broke into smaller kingdoms?
This explains why ideas spread along trade routes.
What is trade connects people and spreads ideas?
This best describes India after the Gupta Empire.
What is divided into smaller kingdoms?