1. Classical India
Unit 1: 8000 BCE to 600 CE

2. Mauryas
326 BCE-
Chandragupta
Maurya
Bureaucratic
administrative
system

3. Mauryas
Ashoka
Rock Edicts
Organized
bureaucracy
Built roads,
hospitals, &
rest houses

4. Mauryas
Declined after
Ashoka’s death
India returned to
regional kingdoms
Order & stability
Increase in trade

5. Gupta Empire
Not united again until 320 CE
Chandra Gupta
Conquered many regional kingdoms

6. Gupta Empire
Left local govt. in
power
Hinduism became
primary religion
Power continued
ca. 400’s CE

7. Economy
Expansion of
agriculture
Irrigation
Surplus
Increase in trade
Silk Roads
Monsoon winds

8. Caste & Class
Patriarchal society
Strict structure
Caste: CANNOT be
changed!
Determined job,
diet, & marriage

9. Religion & Culture
Art stressed symbolism
Success in geometry & algebra
Calculated circumference of the earth &
the value of pi
Developed concept of zero, decimal
system, & Arabic number system

10. Religion & Culture
Buddhism Hinduism