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| Mauryan Dynasty rulers and accomplishments |
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Chandragpta Maurya: united India.
Bindusara: didn't do much
Ashoka- Buddhist became state religion under him. Also made the edicts (big buddhist pillars) and sent out missionaries for buddhism to all the world.
First big dynasty |
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Nomads from East Asia on silk route. They used traderoutes on both land and sea. They solidified mahayana Buddhism (which is the "grace" stayle of Buddhism).
Second Big dynasty |
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Chandragupta I: founded the dynasty
Samudragupta: just like all Indian second rulers, he didn't do much
Chandragupta II: was a big patron of arts.
This dynasty did not take over the desrt and decan plateu.
One of most advanced empires in the world at that time.
The third big dynasty. |
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| It was a Hindu revival but Buddhism was still seen as a great form of art. |
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| Those who reached enlightenment but stay behind to help other reach it. This is a mixture of Buddhism and Hinduism. It is hard to reach gods except through the avatars (krishna, rama) or boddhisavit. Just like with Catholicism and the saints. |
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| 29 caves built into rock that had 24 vejaro built into them. They are not tombs because Indians cremated their dead. |
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| became one of the wealthiest and most advances countries. |
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| Chinese Traveller's impression of India |
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| He came looking for Buddhist doctrine and when he saw the emporers palace he thought it had been made by a spirit. |
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| Repelled foreign invaders (until the 17th century). Had distinctive painting style conceptual meaning it is less concerned with imitation of objects than with the expression of ideas in an appropriate form. The maharaja is the Rajput king. |
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| So complex and full of culture that it can't be translated. |
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| means emotion. There was a large emphasis on learning how to express the 8 emotions. |
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| A temple for Shiva. It is the ultimate of tower temples. Highly sensual at bottom w/ girls dancing. Abstact elements and Gods are at the top. The multiple arms of the Gods represent their different powers. |
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Shiva's fertile bull
Also, I don't know where to fit it in the flashcards but remember the 5 raths (chariots) in the south indian part. |
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| Parvati, are her most famous avatar is that of Dorga who was the Goddess born of all the Gods power to slay a dangerous demon. Gupta period was a time of revival of the Goddesses |
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| the best perserved surviving temple |
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| Advances during Gupta age |
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Arabic numbers, zero, negative numbers
Also textiles such as cashmere and calico |
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| famous mythical bird that helped rama and sita. |
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