The Mauryan Empire created a power vacuum that would fill the absence of Alexander the Great. In 320 B.C.E. Chandragupta Maurya began his conquest of the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. However‚ the main figure of this dynasty was Ashoka‚ who ruled from 268 B.C.E. until 232 B.C. using a highly organized bureaucracy‚ not unlike the Chinese emperors. Following his death the empire went into decline‚ due in large part to financial problems. It eventually disappeared in 185 B.C.E. Economically
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The Gupta and Persian civilization were similar in the fact that the fall of the empire was because of internal conflict but‚ they are different in their treatment of women and architectural style. The Gupta Empire treated women in their civilization much harsher than the women in the Persian Civilization. The Gupta and Persian Empires both had very unique architectural styles that represented each Empire’s beliefs. The Gupta Empire flourished between 320 to 550 CE in modern day India. The fall
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Asoka ruled the Mauryan empire over 2‚000 years ago. Asoka then added kalinga to the Mauryan. Asoka is an enlightened ruler because he decided to spread Buddhism‚ he became friends with kalinga and he became a Buddhist. First‚ Asoka started to spread Buddhism in India and parts of Asia. He became a Buddhist and sent missionaries to spread Buddhism to India and some parts of Asia. When he spreads Buddhism it makes him good because it means that because he believes in it and doesn’t want
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most empires were ran through a religion. That is called a theocracy. Today‚ only a few stand like Iran‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Pakistan. The Islamic Caliphates and the Mauryan/Gupta empires were two main empires before the 1200s. There were a lot of differences and similarities between these two. The Islamic Caliphates were located in the modern day Middle East. The word Islam means submitted to god‚ the religion was started by the prophet Muhammad in the city of Mecca. During the empire there
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The Indus and Aryan Civilizations The Indus civilization‚ an ancient civilization in South Asia‚ existed from about 2700 to 1750 BC. It is sometimes referred to as the Harappa civilization; one of its major centers. It stretched from north of the Hindu Kush down the entire length of the Indus and beyond into peninsular India. The Indus civilization is known only from archaeological evidence. Its origins traditionally were viewed as the result of the diffusion of farming and technology from more
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"Compare/Contrast Essay: Mauryan/Gupta India and Imperial Rome methods of political control" Gupta India (320 B.C.E-550 C.E.) and Imperial Rome (31 B.C.E.-476 C.E.) both had very distinctive methods of political control based on everything from cultural reasons to geographic limitations. Many factors were present affecting the similarities and differences between the two. To begin‚ unity was difficult in India due to its geography which created a separation of sorts. However‚ it did make
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Chinese Han Dynasty vs. The Indian Mauryan/Gupta Empire The Han Dynasty of China and the Mauryan/Gupta Empire of India in 206 B.C.E to 550 C.E had many social and cultural differences which made them unique societies‚ but their political structure and form of government seemed to borrow ideas from each other. The social aspects of both empires had a lot in common because gender-roles‚ family and relationships were looked at in the same way. During the Mauryan/Gupta as well as the Han Dynasty‚ women
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of damage to a city. So is it worth damaging a whole city but saving it from other disasters? A famous conqueror who expanded the Mauryan empire through war and bloodshed but also led the empire through a peaceful time of spiritual prosperity is a good real life history example of the question: Do the ends justify the means? King Ashoka inherited the original empire of Maurya from his grandfather King Chandragupta. After he inherited this land he sought to expand it and took over the neighboring
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adopted a policy of pleasing the Xiongnu by buying them off with gifts of rice‚ silk‚ and wine. INDIA- 170‚180-4‚ 175-180 The Gupta Empire is an example of a theater-state where their state acquires prestige and power. During Ashoka’s conquest of Kalinga‚ hundreds of thousands of people were killed‚ wounded‚ or deported. The Mauryan Empire was India’s first centralized empire. The influence of Hindu-Buddhist culture imported from India led to the rise of larger political entities. Malay rulers used
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The Mauryan period is an important period in the history of Indian art and architecture‚ with the foundations for Indian art being laid‚ which would later reach their height during the golden age of the Guptas. Our main pieces of evidence and material come from the time of the great Mauryan king Ashoka. Some of the finest examples of Ashokan art‚ are the famous Ashokan pillars that he erected across the country. These columns were works of art‚ architecture and engineering. The pillar was made out
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