1. How would you define an empire?

2. Indian Empires

3. Today you will be able to…
Define empire and golden age
Explain the achievements of Ancient Indian Empires
Analyze whether or not the United States is or has gone through a golden age

4. EMPIRE A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler.
What are some
famous Empires
in history?

5. Maurya BC

6. Maurya BC
1st empire of India

7. Maurya 321-185 BC 1st empire of India
Set up a bureaucracy – system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials

8. Maurya Asoka Leader of Empire Converts to Buddhism
Sent missionaries across Asia
Created peace and prosperity
Dies and empire declines

9. Missionaries spreading Buddhism
Spreading culture/ideas
This is an example of what?

10. Edicts of Ashoka

11. Rupee

12. Gupta
320 – 550 AD
Has a Golden Age – period of great cultural achievements

13. GOLDEN AGE Period of Cultural Achievement.
Usually because of stable government

14. Gupta 320 – 550 AD Has a Golden Age:
Which of the achievements below is false?
Concept of zero
Decimal system
Arabic numerals
Vaccinations against small pox
Set bones
Plastic surgery
Refrigeration
Stupas – large dome shaped shrines

15. Pillars of Indian Life
The Caste System
The “Complex” Caste System

16. Pillars of Indian Life Family Life Joint family Patriarchal Dowry
Women’s Lives/Status
“Shakti”
Arranging Marriages

17. Pillars of Indian Life Village Life
Throughout history- the “heart of life”
Each village depends on roles of different caste members
Villages are Self-Sufficient
Planned for monsoons

18. MONSOONS! www.mrdowling.com/612-monsoon.html

19. IDEAS? Remember- Info and pictures!
Caste System
Aryans- Founders
Hindu beliefs…
Hindu Priests, Gods
Village Life
Monsoons
Self-sufficient
Council of Elders
Family Life
Shakti
Dowry
Graded on
Creativity, effort,
information
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