October 22, 2012

B and H Art:

focused on simplicity and spiritualism with pictures of gods

Guptas built pillars and sculptures

Buddhists used bamboo, thatch, brick, wood to make simple sculptures of Buddha. Over time, art got more complicated

Military:

used elephants, chariots, archers, and infantry

Guptas used infantry and archers with steel weapons and longbows. Also had a navy and various war machines

Mauryan used infantry, archers, elephants, and chariots

Shishunaga used weapons that its neighbors didn't have

Nanda had a lot of men to fight with

Kalidasa: Indian poet and author belonging to the Guptas

Aryabhata: mathematician that started coming up with numerical value pi

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