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First Empires of India
Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
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Building an Empire• Empire – people,
nations or states under the control of ONE ruler.
• Chandragupta Maurya and his army defeat the king of eastern India.
• Starts the Mauryan Empire 321 BC.
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Chandragupta Maurya• Harsh Ruler
• Built up a huge army
• Split empire into 4 provinces each ruled by a prince.
• His palace and capital city was beautiful
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• 600,000 foot soldiers
• 30,000 soldiers on horses
• 9,000 elephants
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HOW DO YOU KEEP UP?
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Must feed them!!
Must pay them!!
Must clothe them!!
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WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET
THE $$$$$$$$ ?!?!?
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• He heavily taxed his people
• Took ½ of farmers’ crops
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ARTHASASTRA
•BOOK THAT TEACHES HOW TO HOLD A VAST EMPIRE TOGETHER
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BUILDING A VAST EMPIRE
BY: KAUTILYA
ARTHASASTRA
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Asoka• Chandragupta’s
grandson takes throne in 269 BC
• Brought Mauryan Empire to its greatest height.
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Asoka Spreads Buddhism• In the beginning he
was a fierce warrior
• He converts to Buddhism and starts to set up missionaries to spread Buddhism
• He was tolerant to other religions.
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Gupta Empire• After Asoka’s
death, follows 500 years of trouble.
• Golden Age of Classical India–Many contributions in literature and math
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Gupta Math• Most advanced math in the
world• Invented the modern use of
–The number ZERO–The decimal system–Aryabhata – calculated the year
to 365.3586805 days
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Credits• Photos Used From:
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