GREAT WALL OF CHINAB
egun in the 5th century
S
tretches over 4,000 miles
2
-3 million lives thought to have been lost during
construction
O
riginally constructed to defend China’s borders
SILKD
emand for silk (and
other Chinese
goods) created the
5,000 mile trade
route known as the
Silk Road
CHINESE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION HALL
Chinese Civil Service Examination Hall
Who were the questions based upon????
MAURYA CIVILIZATION
Chandragupta Maurya began the empire in 321 BCE at 20 years old!!The only one of Chandragupta's queens or consorts for whom we have a name is Durdhara,
the mother of his first son, Bindusara. According to legend, Prime Minister Chanakya was concerned that Chandragupta might be poisoned by his enemies, so started introducing small amounts of poison into the emperor's food in order to build up a tolerance. Chandragupta was unaware of this plan, and shared some of his food with his wife Durdhara when she was very pregnant with their first son.
Durdhara died, but Chanakya rushed in and performed an emergency operation to remove the full-term baby. The infant Bindusara survived, but a bit of his mother's poisoned blood
touched his forehead, leaving a blue "bindu" spot that inspired his name.Unfortunately, we do not know about any of Chandragupta's other wives or children.
Bindusara is likely still remembered more because of his son than for his own reign. He was the father of one of India's greatest monarchs ever - Ashoka the Great.
ASHOKA THE GREATR
uled Maurya Civilization between 273-232 B.C.
Considered the greatest Indian monarch
After the great bloodshed in the Battle of Kalinga he renounced violence and converted to Buddhism and emphasized ahimsa
Dedicated himself to spreading Buddhism
ASHOKA USED STUPAS :
BUDDHIST SHRINES WHICH CONTAINED THE REMAINS
OF BUDDHAAND
EDICTS OF ASHOKA TO SPREAD BUDDHISM