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A large network of sea routes linking Southeast Asia, India, Arabia and East Africa. Traders from Arabia and other coastal areas of the Indian Ocean used triangle - sailed ships to harness the reliable seasonal monsoon winds to carry them across long distances. The resulting trade and cultural diffusion would have a tremendous impact on the culture of each region.

• Ashoka the Great

• Indian Ocean Trade

• Mauryan Empire

• Gupat Empire

The first empire which assumed power over and united much of eastern and northern India. The empire came into being when Chandragupta Maurya stepped into Great's departure from the western borders of India. It reached its peak under the rule of Ashoka the great but began a rapid decline following,

• Buddhism

• Gupta Empire

• Mauryan Empire

• Hinduism

He was the last major ruler of the Mauryan Empire, and his conversion to Buddhism ushered in a period of religious tolerance towards Buddhists by the Hindus who dominated India. He founded hospitals for people and animals among his many public works. He made his policies known by means of oral announcements and by engravings on rocks and pillars at suitable sites.

• Qun Dynasty

• Buddhism

• Ashoka the Great

• Zhou Dynasty

Indian dynasty that followed the collapse of the Mauryan Empire and was renowned for its achievements in the arts, architecture, sciences, mathematics, and philosophy during its "golden age". The Gupta dynasty itself would eventually collapse due to consent attacks by outsiders such as the Huns

• Gupta Empire

• Mauryan Empire

• Zhou Dynasty

• Buddhism

Began and practiced in India. It is both a religious and social system. Evolved from the ancient vedic religion, Hinduism believes in one supreme force called Brahma, the creator who is believed to be in all things while other gods are simply manifestations of Brahma. Unique in its structure because of this, Hinduism is neither polytheistic nor monotheistic; it is categorized as pantheistic.

• Buddhism

• Indian Ocean Trade

• Mauryan Empire

• Hinduism

Religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama during his quest to understand why people suffer. It has no supreme being, nut instead adheres to the 4 noble truths. It rejected the Hindu gods and the caste system which led to the Hindu majority. It spread out of India into other parts of Asia along trade routes.

• Qin Dynasty

• Hinduism

• Gupta Empire

• Buddhism

The longest lasting of ancient china's dynasties and came to its end with the rise of the Quin. They justified their rule through the Mandate of Heaven.Their use of a decentralized government eventually led to the conflict of the warring states that led to the dynasty's collapse.

• Qin Dynasty

• Gupta Empire

• Zhou Dynasty

• Mauryan Empire

family that established the first empire in china after claiming victory among the warring states. As the ruler, Quin Shi Huang Di followed Legalistic principles, centralized power, and used censorship to enforce his rule. putting the welfare of the state over the individual, he began massive building projects like the great wall that employed mandatory labor owed to the empire

• Qin Dynasty

• Hinduism

• Zhou Dynasty

• Buddhism