2. What is the definition of government?
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3. Why is government important?
 Create laws
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 ______ with other countries

4. What do you look for in a leader?
 ___________________
 The ability to _______
 Ability to make changes
 Have a good supporting ______
 Good communicator

5. What is an Empire?
An empire is an extensive group of many
different peoples that is united and ruled by
an emperor or other monarch.

6.  The word empire is derived from the Latin
term “imperium” which means power and
authority.
 An empire is established and maintained in
two ways.
 Through force with action to take over other
territories to adhere to the emperors goals.
 Through indirect force. By threatening other
territories by giving off the perception that they
can physically enforce the goals of the emperor.

7.  The rulers of the Magadha kingdom were the
first to try and unify much of India.
 _________________________
 A powerful young adventurer who established the
Mauryan Empire which ruled for almost 150 years.
 He raised an army over 600,000 soldiers who were
equipped with thousands of chariots and
elephants.
 Chandragupta Maurya gave up his throne to his
son in about 300 b.c.

9.  ASOKA
 Chandragupta's grandson
 Came to power in about 270 b.c.
 Early in his rule he fought very bloody wars to
increase the size of his kingdom
 Enlarged the Mauryan Empire until it included
almost all of India.This was the first imperial
dynasty to control almost all of India

10.  ASOKA cont…
 Asoka became tired of the bloody battles and
became a Buddhist.
 Asoka died in about 232 b.c.
▪ This began the slow decline of the Mauryan Empire
▪ His sons fought over the throne as invaders attacked the
northern provinces
▪ After some 140 years the once mighty Mauryan Empire
collapsed

11.  The rise of a new dynasty also contributed to
the relative decline of Buddhism and the
growth of Hinduism
 The Gupta family began to expand their
territory through conquest and intermarriage
 During the Gupta era Hinduism became the
main religion in India
 The early years of Gupta rule were known as a
golden age

12.  CHANDRA GUPTA II ruled from A.D. 374-
415.
 Society prospered as great progress was made in
the arts as well.
 Under the later rulers the great empire
became wakened.The Gupta political system
was less centralized than the Mauryan
government and gave more power to the
local leaders.
 Gupta rule ended by about A.D. 550