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Chapter 1 explains how India spread knowledge, culture, and religion to other regions. The Barmakids helped transmit Indian learning to the Abbasid Caliphate. Nalanda University and scholars like Aryabhata advanced knowledge such as the concept of zero. After Alexander the Great, the Maurya Empire rose under Ashoka, who promoted murals and temples in Buddhism, which later spreaded through trade and merchant support.