tuesday 23 oct

Indian Empire (presentation)

Mathematics
- Gupta made great advancements but had lack of modern devices such as telescopes
- First to discover seven planets in our solar system
- Medicine
  - Indian developed the technique of inoculation
  - Inoculation-injecting a person with a small dose of virus to help him/her to build defense to a disease
  - Literature
    - Writing was developed in Madurai in 100 AD still over 2000 poems from there today
    - Classical Indian dances based are based on dance techniques from the time
    - Works of literature were written in Sanskrit (Aryan language)
    - KALIDASA-writer and poet of the Gupta empire
    - Performing Arts
      - Indian arts of this time was religious
      - Work is still admired today
      - Vedas was recited and performed for concerts
      - ARYABHATA
        First in mathematics- astronomy
        His most famous work was Aryabhatiya
        He was born in Bihar, India
        Author of Mathematics and Astronomy during his time
        Created Algebra

Great Indian mathematical named ARYABHATA create Pi to 4 places calculated a solar year 365.3586805 days which is close to the atomic clock
Mathematical was one of the most advanced math systems in the world
Astronomy

Military Conquests

Maurya
- After he took over the Nanda Dynasty he started rapidly moving west ward across central and western India
- After Alexander died Chandragupta starting taking the land that Alexander had conquered from the satraps left by Alexander
- By 316 BC the empire had bully occupied North western India
- At its greatest point it had stretched to the north along the natural boundaries of the Himalayas, and into the East which is now Assam
- To the west it stretched to modern day Pakistan
- It was also in parts of present day Afghanistan
- Conclusion
  - Mauryan empire was the biggest to rule the Indian subcontinent
  - Until the British arrived
  - It ended in 185 BC with the foundation of the Sunga Dynasty

Chandragupta Maurya may have been born in the powerful kingdom of Magadha
Chandragupta gathered an army, killed the unpopular nada king, and in about 321 BC, claimed the throne.
Expansion

Hinduism

BOLDED TERMS
- Some animals are thought to be holy
  - Cows-milk and other products are used for worship
  - Peacocks-Kartika the son of Shiva rides one
  - Mouse- Ganish the other son of Shiva keeps one as a pet
  - Hinduism
    - Has no founder but based off multiple traditions
    - It is one of the oldest living religions in the world
    - Hinduism has about 1 billion followers
    - One cool aspect of Hindus is they believe in Karma
    - They also believe in reincarnation
    - They worship in a temple
    - Hindus
      - Aims of life
        Righteousness
        Wealth
        Desire
        Salvation
        Goal
        Salvation is the ultimate goal of Hindu’s life
        Stages of life
        According to Hinduism, four stages of life are:
        student phase
        living life with a wife and children
        Leaving the home and pray to god may keep contact with family
        Hinduism
        They go along with the law of conservation of energy
        Energy can never be created or destroyed
        Only one form can be changed into another
        Basically what we call death isn’t the soul is simply transforming
        Birth through adulthood then when one finally reaches salvation is the chain broke
        This is when one becomes fully one with the supreme spirit Brahman

Silk road

Silk

Romans were not surprised to hear of another civilization hidden over the mountains

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