History Chapter 7 Section 1

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Asoka promoted Buddhism and a policy of religious toleration, acceptance of people who held different beliefs.

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Asoka's policies of toleratio and non-violence, as well as the improvements in roads made during his reign, held the empire together after his death.

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Chandragupta Manurya claimed the throne of the kingdon of Mauryar in about 312 B.C., which began the Gupta Empire.

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Chandragupta's granadson Asoka raised the emprie to its greatest heights.

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India's second empire, the Gupta empire, was ruled by Chandra Gupta.

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Kauthilya, one of Chandragupta's advisers, wrote a ruler's handbook called the Vedas.

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Most India families were patriarchal, headed by the eldest male.

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The Andhra Dynasty arose in central India and dominated the region for many years after Asoka's death.

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The people in kingdon of southern India spoke the Tamil language.

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When Chandragupta defeated Seleucus I , the land gains united north India politically for the first time in history.