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The First Unification of India

Objective: SWBAT describe how Ashoka unified India and spread Buddhist values

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Ashoka & The Mauryan Empire

Ashoka

  • Mauryan Empire flourished from about 322-187 B.C.E.
  • Ashoka realizes the horrors that war produces and swears against violence.

ASHOKA

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What does this quotation tell you?

VOCAB

Edicts

Edicts

a command that is obeyed like a law

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The Mauryas Unify India

Maurya

  • Unified more than one million square miles
  • Before unification, it was divided into small kingdoms
  • Chandragupta Maurya began building the empire in 320 B.C.E.
  • 700,000 soldiers & 9,000 elephants

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Chandragupta

Chandragupta

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  • Created a strong central government
  • Wrote laws
  • Built royal road (over 1,000 miles long)
  • Left empire to live an ascetic lifestyle with monks

Vocab

Monk

Monk

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a holy man who devotes his life to religious practice

Ashoka's Rule

  • Mauryan Empire reached its height under Ashoka
  • Ruled from about 269-232 B.C.E.
  • Love, Peace, Nonviolence
  • Respected all living things: vegetarian
  • Army, Slavery, Land

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Ashoka's Rule

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Stupa

Stupa

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  • Built by Ashoka to hold sacred objects associated with Buddhism.

Spreading Buddhism through edicts

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Designed to Promote Four Main Goals

  • Buddhist Values
  • (Buddha's teachings)
  • General Welfare
  • (people's wellbeing)
  • Justice
  • (promote fair laws)
  • Security
  • (concerned with enemies)

Ashoka's Edicts

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