Ancient India Lesson Part 2

harsh but effective

intelligent and confident

gentle and merciful

father

son

grandson

nephew

tightly organized and encouraged spread of Hinduism

tightly organized and encouraged the spread of Islam

tightly organized and encouraged the spread of Buddhism

tightly organized and encouraged the spread of Christianity

built monuments to the Buddha

built roads and hospitals

forced them to become nuns and monks

forced everyone to convert to Buddhism

Buddhism

Hinduism

Islam

Jainism

proposed the idea that the world was round

built stone temples for Hindu worship and stupas

Arabic numerals and concept of zero

translation and preservation of ancient Greek text