Ancient Asian Empires

Introduction

There has always been the influence of politics and religion in the ways of governmental/ state or provincial systems. the examples of different ancient Asian empires explains how politics and religion played a role in their eras, the history, and archeological examples show the intersection of religion and politics.

Discussion

The Gupta Empire

In between 320-550CE, the empire stretched across the northern, central, and southern India.The political system during the era was well known, the vast kingdom was divided into a smaller province, and for that purpose, administrative heads were appointed. The systems and processes of bureaucracy were kept as transparent; the judicial torture was not followed and practiced. The system of taxes was there where taxes were collected to run the political and kingdom systems to keep the governance and the empire. The kings of Gupta Empire believed in making a link and relationship between the communities they themselves were the followers of Vishnu. They never prevented the other communities like followers of Jainism and Buddhism to practice their faith in their places. Gold and silver coins were issued to have a balance in the economy and to have a healty economy. These coins give a detail on the historical evolution of the styles of Gupta Empire, and their impacts on the religious art from the golden age of India. The coins used are a historical record detailing the evolution of Gupta style.

Han Dynasty

This is considered as the golden age of China for its history in arts, politics, and technology. The centralized rule was retreated by introducing vassal principalities in some areas for the sake of political suitability. After this, the country was divided into the feudal states; then it comes Daoism era to keep the peace. The goal was to relieve the society from harsh rules and regulations, wars, and conflicts within the state. The safe trade routes were established like Silk road. The Han dynasty shows some archeological sites like the tombs with painted walls, stony relifs and decorated tiles from the collection of Chines pictorial art. Han dynasty started salt monopolies and iron extended itself through the commandery system.

The Chola dynasty

This is the longest ruling dynasty in the history of southern India. This dynasty has extensions from the island of Maldives to the Andhra Pradeh. The Chola Dynasty has resulted in some great works like Tamil literatures, the zeal in building temples. They not only built the temples for the religious purposes but also for the economic activities. The bureaucracy was established, and the government was centralized.

Conclusion

In short politics and religion intersect in ancient Asian empires that has being discussed and explained by the help of three ancient Asian empires Gupta empire, Han dynasty and Chola dynasty.