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CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA
CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SOUTH ASIA
CHANDRAGUPTAFirst empire
Expansion
GOVT.DistrictsSecret police++ military
ASHOKABuddhism
◦+++
Toleration
Factions
GUPTA (320-500)Reunite Renaissance
ART/LITERATURELove life
Golden Age
Poetry, adventures
Kama Sutra
1-9, “zero”◦Influences?
Math
MEDICINEHospitals – free
Animals
Small states
IslamMerchantsConquest
S. INDIAStates
Growth
States
Temple◦Center
Trade◦Global
Cosmopolitan
ISLAMGradual ++
1500: 25%
Sufis◦Personal◦Untouchables?
Two faiths
Sikh: 1500
Hinduism◦++
Post 1500◦Fragmentation◦Rajputs
