Indian Empires

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​Kautilya

Kautiya was an educated Brahmin. He trained and advised Chandrgupta. He wanted to gain control of northwest India from the Greeks and then attack Magadha from the northwest.

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He conquered areas near Magadha's capital city in the center.​

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Kautilya was an educated

• brahmin

• guru

• priest

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Kautilya wanted to gain control of northwest India from the ______.

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​Chandragupta

Divided the empire into four regions, and then divided each region into smaller provinces.

Created a bureaucracy of appointed officials in each region, province, and village carried out​ the emperor's orders.

He was advised to protect his subjects and not to trust them. He did not give them the right to privacy or freedom of speech.

He ruled according to dharma and the principles of ahimsa, tolerance, and a focus on his subjects' well-being.​

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Chandragupta divided the empire into __ regions.

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Chandragupta was advised that he could trust his subjects.

• True

• False

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​Ashoka

His support of Buddhism gave the religion prestige and helped it spread. Buddhist monks were able to found monasteries throughout India, and rulers in other lands adopted the religion.

He established hospitals, had wells dug, built a road system with trees and rest houses, and promoted trade.​

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Who setup hospitals in India?

• Kautilya

• Chandragupta

• Ashoka

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​Gupta Empire

​Mathematicians developed the numeral system we use today.

They developed the understanding that the earth rotates on its own axis which creates day and night; that eclipses were caused by the motion of Earth and the moon; ​and that the moon shines because it reflects the sunlight.

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The Gupta Empire was the first to discover the _____ rotates on its own axis.