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Gupta Society
Culture
- Yoga was/is a large part of the Indian culture
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- Theater, music, and dance is a large part of the Indian performing arts
Significance
- Major contributions in science, medicine, mathematics, and literature
Aryabhata
- taught that the world was round, rotated on its own axis, and revolved around the sun
- Correctly analyzed lunar eclipses, calculated the moon’s diameter, and the earth’s circumference
- Determined the solar year
- Analyzed quadratics and pi
- Created the concept of zero and the decimal system
- Used the base number of 10
- India created a simple & logical number system
Geography & Environment
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- influenced many parts of india and other countries
Religion
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- Religious tolerance towards Buddhists or Jains
Politics
- Decentralized with local rulers acknowledging Gupta overlordship
- Under King Chandra Gupta II (375-414)
- Govt. favored merchants and farmers
- Rulers operated metal and salt mines, & arms factories and textile mills
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Economy
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-World’s textile center by producing linen, wool, and cotton
-Exported pepper and spices to Mid. East, Europe, China, & Indonesia
-Made soap, cement, the finest steel, & granulated sugar
-Europeans adopted India’s fine dyes, fabrics, cotton, calico, and cashmere
Society
- Domestic peace, personal freedom, and tolerance for minority views
- capital , Patna, provided free care to poor and handicapped
- Patna had a university that had many Asian societies
- Male authority became more dominant
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- Mauryan times: women lost intellectual and religious leadership opportunities
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- Kerala: matrilineal and S. women had more freedom
- S. Hinduism had more emphasis on women
- Kama Sutra had ideas on gender and was somewhat open to homosexuality
- Brahmans held strict rules on gender roles
- The Code of Manu restricted women’s rights
- Child marriage and sati became more popular