India's First Empires

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A series of rulers all from the same family

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A dynasty

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Believed by many historians to be the greatest king of the Mauryan Dynasty

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Asoka

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Buddhist Shrines

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Stupas

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An important writer of the Gupta period

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Kalidasa

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Who founded the Mauryan Empire?

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Chandragupta Maurya

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What did the military ruler Asoka do when he walked over the battlefield one day and saw so much bloodshed?

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Devoted his life to peace and the Buddha

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The Gupta Empire grew wealthy through_____________________

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Trade

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Who conquered India before Chandragupta? Options: Akkadians and Assyrians, Persia and Alexander the Great, Persia and Egypt, Alexander the Great and Cleopatra

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Persia and Alexander the Great

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Chandragupta founded his empire on what river?

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Ganges

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Capital city of the Mauryan Dynasty

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Pataliputra