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Maxim and Nicolas. Culture of the Gupta Empire. We are using P.E.R.S.I.A to find out more about Gupta Culture. . P – Power - How Power is distributed and how decision are made. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CULTURE OF THE GUPTA
EMPIRE
Maxim and Nicolas
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We are using P.E.R.S.I.A to find out more about Gupta Culture.
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P – Power -How Power is distributed and how
decision are made One of the most notable leaders was
Chandra Gupta after he got his power in the Ganges Valley, then conquered Northern India.
Also, he is the creator of the Indian Empire.
Other notable leaders were Samudragupta and Chandra Gupta II
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Power The Gupta’s Empire political system was
based on peace and prosperity. The power of a leader was transferred
through family relation The lower class mostly were farmers
and agricultures The ruling class were composed of
Merchants, Artists, Leaders and his family relations.
One of the enemies was a tribe called Pushyamitra, which attacked Gupta empire, but was repulsed.
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E – Economic -The making and distributing of
money/wealth.
The Gupta Empire’s trading partners were mainly located in East Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia.
They traded for essentials such as salt and spices.
They traded mostly crops of wheat, rice and sugar canes.
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Economic They used golden and silver coins as
their currency. Pack animals and ox carts were used to
transport their goods on the road. By the sea they used ships to transport
their goods. Silk, muslin, calico, linen were sought
resources from the Gupta Empire.
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R - Religion -How a society describes the
supernatural. The dominant belief system in the Gupta
Empire was Hinduism, which started in India.
Hinduism was the polytheistic religion which made them believe in 3 gods.
Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva were the 3 gods. At the time when the Gupta Empire
arrived, Hinduism was already spread out by Asoka who sent missionaries to other countries.
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Religion
The religion influenced the society by stopping them from eating most meats.
Buddhism influenced a society by being very rich and participated in commercial activities.
They had a lot of Buddhists and Hindu temples.
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S - Social -How individuals in a society
interact with each other. The man was dominating in a Gupta
Empire and even though he was limited by sacred laws he was still making all decisions in a family.
So women had a few rights and they had to follow the primary duties such as: marrying and raising children.
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Social They gather in weddings planned by
their parents. Also they gathered for the passage of
worldly time from past to present. A good leader in a Gupta empire was a
leader who gives a good things to people. For example lowering taxes or giving more freedom.
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I – IntellectualHow a society tends to solve problems
One major accomplishment of the Gupta Empire was inventing a decimal system.
Gupta doctors were the first to use injections, this shows how evolved they were in medicine.
The Gupta empire recorded and transferred their ideas by writing long poems in Sanskrit.
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Intellectual They originated the number zero. The Gupta Empire is known for its
knowledge in many domains; inventing and learning were the biggest.
Another major accomplishment is the founding of universities of higher learning, such as Nolanda university.
During Chandra Gupta dynasty Takshila was the first center of higher learning in the world.
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A – ArtisticWhat a society sees as beautiful, how it defines
beauty, and how it entertains itself
One focus in Gupta Empire’s art was drama and its 8 emotions.
Also another focus were sculptures which were carved on temples.
In sculpture they focused on religious themes like Budda, Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma.
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Artistic Also they had architecture shown by
temples that were carved of mostly religious subjects.
Artists were in the middle class, but they had a lot respects from the people of the higher classes.
In painting their focus was cave painting and one of the most famous paintings was the Ajanta caves.
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Summary.We talked about the Gupta Empire
main facts in each of the six categories in the P.E.R.S.I.A. cultural analysis. They show that the Gupta Empire had a higher kevel of learning and that they invented very important things, like medical injections and the decimal system, that every countries use even nowadays. It also showed that the religion belief played a huge role in their social lives. After this cultural analysis we can see that the Gupta Empire made strong impact in the World we live in today.
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Thanks for listening.