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Chapter 4.2
Guided Reading and Review
Powerful Empires of India
A. Main Ideas
• 1. Maurya Dynasty:
– Location/ Capital: Ganges Valley and the
Deccan/Pataliputra
– Government: Well organized bureaucracy
– Emperors: Founded by Chandragupta Maurya most honored
emperor was Asoka who ruled by moral example and
greatly improved life for his people
– Cause of Decline: When Asoka died, rival princes battled for
power and the empire fell apart
A. Main Ideas
• 2. Kingdoms of the Deccan:
– Location/ Capital: The Deccan Plateau
– People: Dravidians; had different language and traditions from
the Aryans in the north
– Tamil Kingdoms: often ruled by a queen; left a rich literary
history; trade was important
– Religion: Hindu and Buddhist traditions linked with the local
culture; Rulers where tolerant of all religions
A. Main Ideas
• 3. Gupta Dynasty:
– Location/ Capital: Northern India
– Government: Strong central government, some power left to
individual villages and cities
– Trade and Farming: exported cotton cloth, pottery, and metalware to East Africa, the Middle-east, and
South-east Asia; Harvested wheat, rice, and
sugar cane
– Arts and Learning: painting on temple walls, collected and
recorded fables and folktales in Sanskrit; religious schools also
taught medicine, literature, languages, physics, and mathematics
B. Reviewing Key Terms
• 4. Chandragupta Maurya: Founded the
Mauyra Dynasty and forged the first great
Indian Empire
B. Reviewing Key Terms
• 5. Asoka: Extended the holdings of the
Maurya dynasty, eventually rejected
violence and vowed to lead by moral
example; greatly improved the lives of his
people
B. Reviewing Key Terms
• 6. Faxian: Chinese Buddhist monk who
visited India and reported on Gupta Rule
B. Reviewing Key Terms
• 7. Kalidasa: The greatest Gupta poet and
playwright, he wrote the play Shakuntala