Buddhism and Hinduism Art
- Hindu Triad
- Brahma- god of creation
- Vishnu- god of preservation
- Shiva-god of destruction
- Hindu Art
- spiritual concepts and simplicity
- lots of drawings of Shiva
- Hindu Architecture
- Gupta people built an iron pillar near New Delhi that was 23 ft 3 inches tall and weighed 6 tons
- built statues and sculptures of their gods
- Stupas/Architecture
- Buddhism
- holy monuments
- walking by or looking at a stupa, you will be pure of lifetime mistakes
- path to Enlightenment or knowledge
- relic- A part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings kept as an object of reverence
- Buddhism Art
- originated on Indian subcontinent
- artists used wood, bamboo, brick, thatch to make sculptures
- human image of Buddha was very popular in the are of the Indians
- at first, Buddhism was not represented by a human form
- this made art have paintings such as a footprint, empty seat, or stupa
- when the Buddha was born art now had a human figure to sculpt
- started painting and making sculptures of him
- the figure of the Buddha went form something simple to something more complicated
Military
- Indian
- used elephants, chariots, infantry, archers, in military campaigns
- in 327 bc, Alexander the Great invaded and conquered parts of India
- after his death, Seleucus gained power of India
- the Magadha King, Chandragupta Maurya buys land form Seleucus for 500 elephants
- Gupta Military
- relied a lot on archers and infantry
- very disciplined and had good commanders
- prominent reputation for steel weapons
- maintained a navy so that they could use the coastal waters
- had knowledge of siegecraft, catapults, other war machines
- used the longbow very effectively
- Mauryan Military
- 4 main parts of their military: infantry, cavalry, elephants, chrariots
- shields that were made of leather from ox-hide or tiger skin
- shields of wood or metal would also be around
- spears, maces, swords
- covered with gold or jewels
- Mauryans used scale coats for armours in their military
- Shishunaga Military
- 3rd ruling dynasty of Magahda
- expended to include most of Bengal
- battled all its neighbors and used weapons that they had not access to like chariots with fixed iron blades
- Nanda Military
- 200,000 infantry, 80,000 cavalry, 8,000 chariots, 6,000 war elephants
- extended from Bengal to Punjab and as far south as Vindhya
- first empire builders in India's history
- Weapons
- war elephants
- heavily armored
- carried supplies
- archers would stand on them to shoot
- bamboo bow
- most dominate weapon in Indian army because of long range and effectiveness
- Indian khanda
- equal to the samurai sword
- used by cavalry
- war elephants
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