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The Gupta Empire:
A Golden Age?
Golden Age: a generally peaceful, prosperous era in which there is a stable
government and many accomplishments in literature, art, science, & mathematics
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As you watch the video, use the chart to take notes
Read the descriptions of the Gupta Empire
Add to the chart, using details from the reading
Answer the question on the back
Politics
How is society governed?
What are the laws?
Economics
What resources, goods &
services are produced?
Religion
What do people believe
about god?
What guides people’s sense
of right & wrong?
Society
How are social classes
organized?
How does gender influence
people’s role?
Intellect
What knowledge is valued?
Who goes to school?
What are they taught?
Arts
What kinds of music,
theater, painting, sculpture
and literature are created?
Geography
How do climate and
physical features affect the
ways people live & work?
Engineering
How do people use
technology, math and
science to make work
easier?
Military
What place does the military
have in society?
What weapons and
strategies are used?
Exit Ticket:
Using specific, detailed evidence, explain why you agree or disagree with this statement:
“The peace and freedom from invasion that [the Gupta Empire] provided later led
many Indians to look back to the Gupta Empire as a golden age.”
JM Roberts, A Short History of the World (1997)
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