The Achievements of the Gupta Empire

What was the period during the Gupta Empire called?

• The great famine age

• The literature age

• The golden age

• The palm-leaf age

What might an archeologist find that would be evidence of a golden age?

• Advanced weapons

• Walled cities

• Animal skeletons

• Beautiful sculptures

What happened to Hinduism during the Gupta Empire?

• Many of its rituals were thrown out

• Many of its legends were written down

• Many of its laws were improved

• Many of its followers became Buddhists

The items on this list are evidence of what?

· Painting

· Literature

· Sculpture

· Scientific advances

• A popular emperor

• A stable society

• A nation of warriors

• A kingdom of farmers

What made it possible to build complex buildings like this one?

• Slaves

• Priests

• Mathematics

• Astrologers

People in the Gupta Empire traded with each other and with faraway people. What did the Gupta Empire provide that made trade easier?

• Roads

• Ships

• Metalwork

• Weapons

The empire covering much of northern India that was ruled from about 320 C.E. to about 550 C.E.

• Ashoka

• edict

• Mauryan Empire

• Gupta Empire

• alliance

A bond between families, states, or other groups to further their common interests

• alliance

• golden age

• philosophy

• province

• edict

A territory that is part of a country or an empire

• alliance

• golden age

• philosophy

• province

• edict

Which of the following would indicate a stable society?

• art, sculpture, literature, scientific advances
• weapons
• houses
• written languages