Gupta Empire cont...

•Contributions: an environment of peace allowed scientific and artistic achievements to flourish
•Golden Age
•Education took place at religious institutions
•Mathematics
-Indian mathematicians developed the concept of zero and the decimal system
-Gupta mathematicians developed Arabic numerals, Arabs brought them from India to the Middle East
•Medicine
-Physicians used herbs to treat illness
-They were able to set bones and facial injuries
-Vaccinated people against small pox 1000 years before Europe
•Architecture
-Built stone temples for Hindu worship
-Square shape temple represents eternity
-Buddhists created shrines that were plain with exception of gateways that had elaborate carvings
•Gupta Empire decline was 200 years later due to weak rulers and invaders from Central Asia called The White Huns