- Buddhism and Hinduism.
- The hindu Triad is Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
- Hinduism Art
- Focused on spiritual concepts
- Simplicity
- And lots of drawings of their gods, especially Shiva.
- Hinduism architecture
- Gupta people built an iron pillar near New Delhi that was twenty three feet eight inches tall and weighed six tons.
- They built statues and sculptures of their gods.
- Stupas/Architecture
- They are one of the oldest buddhist examples of art and architecture
- They are holy monuments
- "Stupas are filled with sacred images, mantras, and the relics of holy beings."
- It is believed that by walking by or by looking at a stupa you will be purified of a lifetime of mistakes.
- It is a path to Enlightenment or knowledge that you receive and then with that knowledge you can help beings that are suffering.
- Relic- a part of a deceased holy person's body or belongings that are kept as an object of reverence.
- Buddhist art
- Originated on the Indian Subcontinent
- In india, it was the age of Buddha.
- The indian artists used wood, bamboo, brick, and thatch to make their sculptures.
- The human image of Buddha was very popular in the art of the Indians.
- At first Buddha was not represented by a human form.
- This inspired Buddhist art to be paintings with footprints, empty seats, or stupas.
- When the Buddha was born, artists had a human figure to sculpt.
- They started painting and making sculptures of him.
- Over the years, Buddhism started to change and so did the figure of the Buddha.
- It went from something simple to something much more complicated.
- Military
- Indian Military
- Elephants, chariots, infantry, and archers in their military campaigns.
- In 327 BC, Alexander the great invaded and conquered parts of India.
- After his death in 323 BC, Seleucus gains power of India.
- The Magadha King, Chandragupta Maurya buys the land from Seleucus for five hundred elephants.
- Gupta Military
- The Guptas relied on archers and infantry.
- They were very disciplined and had good commanders.
- They had a prominent reputation for steel weapons.
- They maintained a navy so that they could use the coastal waters.
- They also had a knowledge of siege craft, catapults, and other war machines.
- They used the longbow very effectively.
- Mauryan Military
- They had four main parts of their military infantry, cavalry, elephants, and chariots.
- They had shields that were made of leather from ox-hide or tiger skin.
- Shields of wood or metal would also be around.
- They used spears, maces, and swords.
- They were covered by gold and jewels.
- Mauryans used scale coats for armour in their military.
- Shishunaga Military
- Third ruling dynasty of Magadha.
- Expanded to include most of Bengal.
- Battled all its neighbours and used weapons that they had not had access to like chariots with fixed iron blades.
- Nanda Military
- Consisting of 200,000 infantry, 80,000 calvary, 8,000 chariots, 6,00 war elephants.
- Extended from Bengal in the east to Punjab in the west and as far south as Vindhya Range.
- Some say they were the first empire builders in the history of India.
- Defeated the Panchalas, Kasis, Haihayas, Kalingas, Asmakasa, Kurus, Maithilas, Surasenas, and the Vitihotras.
- Weapons
- War elephants- were heavily armoured, and would carry extra weapons and supplies. Some archers would stand on them and shoot down at the enemies.
- Bamboo Bow- The most dominate weapon in the Indian army because of its long range and effectiveness.
- Indian Khanada- Equal to the samurai sword and was used by cavalry.
- Indian Military
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- Brahma
- Vishnu
- shiva
- Kalidasa - Indian Poet and Author that belonged to the Gupta Empire
- Silk Roads
- Stupas
- Theravada
- Aryabhata - A mathematician who started to come up with the numerical value for pi.
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