AP World History Eleanor Roosevelt High SchoolMr. Spear

Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ____________________

Unit 5: India and Southeast Asia (1500 BCE – 1025 CE)

(5): The Maurya and Gupta Empires

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Inscription on the PillarAll religions should reside everywhere, for all of them desire self-control and purity of heart.

Here (in my domain) no living beings are to be slaughtered or offered in sacrifice.

Contact (between religions) is good. One should listen to and respect the doctrines professed by others. Beloved-of-the-Gods, King Ashoka, desires that all should be well-learned in the good doctrines of other religions.

1. What is the pillar shown in the photograph? Who was King Ashoka?

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AIM: What were the Maurya and Gupta Empires? Why were they significant to the development of Indian

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Activity

Work with the other students at your table to discuss and answer the following questions.

1. Who was Chandragupta Maurya?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. Why is the period of the Gupta Empire considered an Indian “Golden Age?”___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. Use specific examples to describe how the topography of the Indian Subcontinent has influenced its cultural and religious diversity (Five Points).

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4. Explain the ways in which Hinduism differs from the ancient Vedic religion and the reasons that Hinduism developed and spread in India (Five Points).

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Homework Due TodayTextbook 170-178

1. Why has political unity been difficult to achieve in India?2. Who was Chandragupta Maurya?3. What methods did Mauryan kings use to support their government?4. In what ways was the Gupta Empire less successful at maintaining control than its predecessor, the

Maurya Dynasty?5. What was the “theatre state”? How did Gupta rulers use it to their advantage?6. What was the Indian practice of Sati?7. Who were the Huns? What role did they play in the decline of the Gupta Empire?