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Trade Spreads Indian Religion and Cultrure

BOLD: Mahayana- the people who accepted the new doctrines. Theravada- the people who held the Buddha's stricter teachings instead of the new doctrines. Stupas- mounted stone structures built over holy relics. Brahma- one of the Hindu gods known as the creator of the world. Vishnu- another god in hinduism know as the world preserver. Shiva- the last major god in the Hindu religion know as the destined of the world. Kalidasa- one of India's greatest writers, who may have been the court poet for Chandra Gupta the second. Silk Roads- a vast network of caravan routes that the central Asian nomads told the Indian people about.

Key people: Kalidasa Aryabhata

Ideas/events: BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM CHANGE
 * By 250 b.c. Hinduism and Buddhist were India's two main religions.
 * Hinduism is a complex polytheistic religion that blended Aryan beliefs with the many gods and cults of diverse people.
 * nirvana was achieved by ignoring the real world and embracing the spiritual world.
 * When the Buddha died some of his followers interpited his teaching very differently.
 * some people even thought that there could be more than one Buddha.
 * those potential buddhas were called bodhisattas.
 * Hinduism and Buddhism had both become remote to the people by he time of the mayran Empire.

ACHIEVMENTS OF THE INDIAN CULTURE:
 * just as HUNNDUISM and Buddhism went through changes the Indian culture did aswell.
 * India entered a high productive period of time where they learned math science art and literature.
 * More than 2,000 Tamil poems still scalar from India today.
 * Literature and drama was very popular in India.
 * The expansion of trade in India advanced sciences.
 * From being invaded by the greekthe Indian people picked up ways to tell time.
 * they used valences base on the cycle of he sun instead of the moon.
 * almost 1000 years befoe cumbus the Indian people figured out that the earth was round.
 * A man named ayrabhatta dropped pi downto four desimal points.
 * He also calculated a solar year to be 356 days.
 * The Indians deceived more than 1000 kinds of decises.

THE SPREAD OF INDIAN TRADE:
 * the Indian were very rich in precious resources like wood,gold, pearls, diamonds, and spaphiers and so much more.
 * Trade In India spread even after the end of the Mauryan empire.
 * once the Indians learned aboutfhe silk roads they realized they could make a great profit.
 * archiologists have found hoards o roman in India from trade of spices and other materials.
 * Many Romans wee upset about the amount of gold that their countrymen spent on Indian luxuries.
 * Rome wasn't India's only sea trading partner.
 * India imported African ivory and gold and exported cotton cloth.
 * Rice and wheat went to Arabia in exhabge for dates and horses.
 * increase trade inindia lead to more banking.
 * commerce was quite profitable.
 * A number of Indian merchants went to go live abroad and brougt mNy Indian traditions with them.
 * Some traders brought Indian religions into new regions.

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