Mauryan and Gupta
Empires Power Point
Presentation
Part 6 of:
Ancient India and the Indus River
Civilizations teaching unit
A.C. Sandler
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The Mauryan Empire
324 to 183 B.C.
• The Persian Empire invaded
India during the 500s B.C.
• The Greeks, under Alexander the
Great, invaded India in 327 B.C.
• In 321 B.C. Chandragupta seized
control of the Ganges River
Valley and established the first
Indian empire.
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Standards
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The Mauryan Empire
321-298 B.C.
• Established a strong
government.
• Strong military
• Local governors & local rulers
• Postal system
• Extensive spy network
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The Mauryan Empire
273-232 B.C.
• Emperor Asoka
• Strong military leader
• Chose a reign of peace
over military conquest
• Focused on building
• Roads, hospitals,
• Became a Buddhist
• Center of a huge trade
network from China to
the Mediterranean Sea
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HISTORY STANDARD
Indian History 6.5
7. Discuss important aesthetic and
intellectual traditions (e.g., Sanskrit
literature, including the Bhagavad Gita;
medicine; metallurgy; and mathematics,
including Hindu-Arabic numerals and the
zero).
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The Gupta Empire
320 A.D.-467 A.D.
Golden Age of India
• Gupta rule lasted 200 years
• Prosperous International
Trade
• Scientific Advances
• Mathematic Advances
• Famous literary epics
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The Gupta Empire
International Trade
• Ships and caravan carried goods
throughout Asia and the Middle East.
• Luxury exports:
• Gems, pearls, perfumes, salt, pepper,
ginger, cinnamon, other spices
• Finely woven cloth, red dye,
• timber such as teak and ebony
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COMMON CORE READING STANDARDS
FOR LITERACY IN HISTORY / SOCIAL
STUDIES 6-8
Craft and Structure
4. Determine the meaning of words
and phrases as they are used in a
text, including vocabulary specific
to domains related to history/social
studies.
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Vocabulary
These are the terms and concepts the following slides will be covering:
• Stupa
• Pilgrims
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The Gupta Empire
Stupa
• A funeral mound built to
contain the relics or
remains of emperors or
kings.
• The first stupas housed
Buddha’s relics, later they
were used to house the
relics of famous monks.
The Great Stupa in Sanchi built
in 300 B.C.by Emperor Asoka.
• Stupas became a symbol
of Buddha’s final nirvana.
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The Gupta Empire
Pilgrims
• People traveled along
trade routes to visit
religious sites and
shrines.
• Indian cities with famous
temples became wealthy
from donations given by
visiting pilgrims.
Karla Caves 200 B.C.
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Literature
Epic Tales
• Mahabharata
• A tale of a great civil war between
two branches of a ruling family.
• Ramayana
• The heroic story of how Rama
rescues his wife from a monstrous
demon
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Technology
metallurgy
• 12,000 pounds of pure iron
• (99.27% iron)
• 1600 years old
• Has not rusted
• Forged all at one time
• Stands 23.8 feet tall
• Currently located in New Delhi
Iron Pillar of the Gupta Dynasty
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Astronomy
• Aryabhata leading
mathematician & scientist.
• Determined the earth was a
sphere
• Determined the length of the
solar year 354.358 days.
• Mapped stellar movements of
planets and stars.
Aryabhata lived in the 4th century B.C.
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Sciences
Medical advances
• Able to set broken bones
• Performed operations
• Practiced plastic surgery.
• Created medicines out of herbs
for treating illnesses.
Indus River Civilization 3,000 years ago.
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Sciences
Shushruta
( lived between 1000 -600 B.C.)
• Practiced:
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Plastic surgery
Rhinoplasty (reconstructing noses)
Eye surgery (removing cataracts)
Setting bones
• Trained surgeons and midwives
• Teachings recorded in the Vedas
“Sushruta Samhita” in the
Atharvaveda.
Shushruta lived in the Indus River Civilization; his
medical knowledge is used by modern doctors.
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Math Concepts
• Gupta, India 500 A.D.
• Concept of zero
• Algebra
• Infinity
• Symbols for numerals 1-9
• Mathematic algorithms
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Math Concepts
Hindu- Arabic numerical system
• The symbols for numbers were adopted by Arab
traders in the 700’s A.D. and replaced the Roman
numerals in Europe by the 1200’s.
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Math Concepts
-Algorithms are a series of steps followed to solve a
mathematical problem.
-Today programmers use algorithms to write computer
programs.
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What did Gupta mathematicians
invent?
• A. early forms of computers
• B. long division
• C. the zero
• D. geometry
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Language Arts Common Core
Standard
SPEAKING AND LISTENING STANDARD GRADE 6-8
Comprehension and Collaboration
1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative
discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacherled) with diverse partners on grade level topics,
texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and
expressing their own clearly.
d. Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate
understanding of multiple perspectives through
reflection and paraphrasing.
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Reflect & Discuss
Which accomplishments of the
ancient Indians surprised or astonished you? Why?
Discuss with your neighbor:
Share out as a class
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Common Core Standards
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Prewriting Activity
• As a class fill out the graphic organizer on the next slide, with
the accomplishment and reason.
• To aid you in getting started, one example and
corresponding reason is written down.
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That is such a
delicate surgery,
how did they keep
everything sterile,
and where did they
get the surgeon’s
instruments?
Accomplishments
in ancient India.
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Writing Opportunity
• Using the sentence starters on the next slide write a 4-6 sentence
paragraph about the accomplishments from the
Indus River Civilization, The Mauryan Empire
and or the Gupta Empire.
• Be sure to include many specific details in your paragraph.
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Writing Opportunity
Ancient Indians were really smart
• I didn’t expect ________________ because
____________________________________.
• It is amazing that ___________ did _________
because______________________________ .
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