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CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA

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CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA. CHANDRAGUPTA. First empire Expansion. GOVT. Districts Secret police ++ military. ASHOKA. Buddhism +++ Toleration. Factions . GUPTA (320-500). Reunite Renaissance. ART/LITERATURE. Love life Golden Age Poetry, adventures Kama Sutra. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA

CHANDRAGUPTAFirst empire

Expansion

GOVT.DistrictsSecret police++ military

ASHOKABuddhism

◦+++

Toleration

Factions

GUPTA (320-500)Reunite Renaissance

ART/LITERATURELove life

Golden Age

Poetry, adventures

Kama Sutra

1-9, “zero”◦Influences?

Math

MEDICINEHospitals – free

Animals

Small states

IslamMerchantsConquest

S. INDIAStates

Growth

States

Temple◦Center

Trade◦Global

Cosmopolitan

ISLAMGradual ++

1500: 25%

Sufis◦Personal◦Untouchables?

Two faiths

Sikh: 1500

Hinduism◦++

Post 1500◦Fragmentation◦Rajputs