Chapter+8++India

Chapter 8 Outline

Chapter 8 Tasks:

- Pretest

- Online Map Activity

- Online Chapter Review

Read and answer the questions at the end of the following documents: 3.1 3.6 3.8

- Essay Questions: Use knowledge gained from the chapter and the documents in order to answer the following questions. 1.Compare the power of the Maurya and Gupta Empires in India with the Roman Empire and the Chinese Empire under the Qin and Han Dynasties 2. What is cultural imperialism? How is it different from political imperialism? Are the lines clear between the two? 3. What was the role of religion or philosophy in unifying Indian, Chinese, and Roman Empires? Consider especially the case of Asoka.

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CHAPTER 8 OUTLINE INDIAN EMPIRES: CULTURAL COHESION IN A DIVIDED SUBCONTINENT, 1500 BCE - 1100 CE

A. Introduction: Cultural Cohesion in a Divided Subcontinent B. Settlement in South Asia: an Overview 1. Indo-Aryan settlement: janapadas 2. The Kingdom of Magadha and the Maurya dynasty a. Alexander the Great’s invasion of India b. Chandragupta Maurya and Asoka 3. The Gupta Dynasty C. The Indian Empires: How Do We Know? 1. Archaeology and philology 2. Written texts a. The Puranas and the Vedas b. The Bramanas and the Upanishads c. The Mahabharata and the Ramayana d. The Bhagavadgita D. Familial, Social, Economic, and Religious Institutions E. Statecraft under the Mauryas and Guptas: What Do We Know? 1. The Mauryan Empire a. Chandragupta Maurya, Kautilya and the Artha-sastra b. Social and religious influences on the state: i. Hindu religious goals ii. Caste and the guilds c. PROFILE: Asoka, India’s Buddhist Emperor 2. Greek and Buddhist influences a. Menander (Milinda) and Gandhara SPOTLIGHT: Gandharan Art b. The Kushanas and Kanishka 3. The Gupta Empire a. Military conquest and indirect rule b. Revival of Sanskrit literature and Hindu philosophy i. The Shakuntala ii. The Vedanta and the Upanishads F. Huna Invasions and the End of the North Indian Empire 1. Origins of the Xiongnu 2. Impact and legacies of the Huna invasions G. Regional Diversity and Power 1. Outside the Ganges Valley: Pallavas, Colas, hill peoples, etc. 2. SOURCE: Tamil Culture in Southeast India H. Sea Trade and Cultural Influence: from Rome to Southeast Asia 1. Trade with Rome and the Mediterranean 2. Southeast Asia: “Greater India” a. Trade and the spread of Indian culure b. Hinduism in the Kingdoms of Funan and Champa c. Buddhism and the Sailendra Kingdom in Java