Indias First Empires The _________ and ________ dynasties built empires in India, and they contributed greatly

to literature, mathematics, and science. ______________ ________, an Indian prince, founded Indias first empire after Alexander the Great left India This empire was called the ________ dynasty. A _________ is a series of rulers from the same family. Chandragupta controlled his dynasty by retaining a strong ______ and using _______. Many historians consider _______ the Mauryan dynastys greatest _______. After he was a strong military leader, Asoka turned away from ___________. He made a vow to live a __________ _____ and follow _____________. Asoka did many great things for his people. Asoka built ________ and new _______ and sent ________ throughout India to teach __________. Born in NE India (______). Raised in ________ ___________ to be a king. At 29 he ____________ his luxurious life to seek ____________ and the source of suffering. Lived a strict _________ life for 6 yrs. Rejecting this extreme, ____ ___ ______________, and found nirvana. Became ___________________, at 35 The empire grew ______ after Asokas _______. The kings made ______ ____________, and the Mauryan Empire fell. After ____ years of fighting, another Chandragupta took power and founded the _______ dynasty. After Chandragupta died, his son, ___________, took over and _________ the empire. The Guptas ruled their small kingdom successfully for about ______. They grew ________ from trading ______, ________, and iron with China and kingdoms in southeast Asia and the Mediterranean. __________ were people who often used the trade routes to travel to a religious shrine or site. Visiting pilgrims helped make cities __________ just as tourists make cities wealthy today. The Guptas were _________, and they made Hinduism the ___________ ____________. The __________ ____ of art and learning in India was during the Gupta empire. ____________ - longest poem in the written language; tells of a war over control of India that occurred around 1100 B.C. ____________ was a writer who lived during the Gupta dynasty. _____________ in the Gupta empire developed the _________ for the numbers 1 to 9 that we use today. They also invented algorithms and the idea of ________.