Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War

Ashoka, The Emperor Who Gave Up War

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Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?

• Aryabhata
• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta Maurya
• Kalidassa

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The _________ War changed Ashoka into a peace lover.

• Kalinga

• Magadha

• Panipat

• Buxar

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Ashokan Edicts are engraved in the ______________ script.

• Prakrit

• Sanskrit

• Aramaic

• Brahmi

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____________ is known as the only ruler who 'Gave up War after Victory'.

• Ashoka

• Bindusara

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___________ was the main source of revenue for the Mauryan Empire.

• Taxation

• Tributes

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The only kingdom Bindusara wasn't able to annex was -

• Marwar

• Mysore

• Taxila

• Kalinga

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Chandragupta Maurya's son was -

• Ashoka

• Bindusara

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____________ lay on the route from North to South India.

• Ujjain

• Taxila

• Pataliputra

• Kalinga

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________ was the capital city of the Mauryas.

• Taxila

• Pataliputra

• Ujjain

• Kalinga

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A book of Governance written by Kautilya -

• Arthashastra

• Indika

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Chandragupta Maurya was trained and guided by a Brahmin called -

• Megasthenes

• Dhana Nanda

• Chanakya

• Bindusara

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When members of the same family become rulers one after another, the family is often called -

• An empire

• A dynasty

• A kingdom

• Descendants

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Choose the correct order of the Mauryan Rulers.

• 1) Ashoka 2) Bindusara 3) Chandragupta Maurya

• 1) Chandragupta Maurya 2) Ashoka 3) Bindusara

• 1) Bindusara 2) Ashoka 3) Chandragupta Maurya

• 1) Chandragupta Maurya 2) Bindusara 3) Ashoka

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Who was Ashoka's grandfather?

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Akbar

• Tansen

• Krishnadevaraya

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Who was Ashoka's grandfather?

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Akbar

• Tansen

• Krishnadevaraya

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Ashoka sent his son and daughter ________________&____________to spread his idea of BUDDHISM

• SANGHAMITRA &MAHENDRA

• SANGYA & MOHAN

• SANDHYA & MADHAV

• DEVI & GAUTAMA

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Ashoka felt just as a ________________tries to teach is children it was his duty to instruct his people

• KING

• GOD

• FATHER

• TEACHER

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DHAMMA is the Prakrit word for the SANSKRIT TERM_________

• DHAYA

• DHAIRYA

• DHAN

• DHARMA

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Where is this situated ?

• KEDARNATH

• AMARNATH

• SARNATH

• BADRINATH

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How did Asoka treat other religions in the Mauryan Empire?

• He punished people who practice Hinduism.
• Asoka only allowed people to practice Buddhism and Hinduism.
• Asoka forced all of the people to practice Hinduism.
• He wanted all religions to be honored and respected.

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What did Asoka do for his people once he converted to Buddhism?

• He forced his the people of Mauryan Empire to convert to Buddhism.
• He began to punish anyone in his empire that practiced Hinduism.
• He rejected violence, gave rich gifts to the poor, and consulted local communities about proper governance and good conduct.
• He divided up all of the land in his empire and gave each family an equal portion of land

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What did Asoka do after the war in Kalinga was over?

• Asoka stopped wars of aggression and felt guilty about his actions.
• He continued wars of aggression in Southern India and conquered all of the forest tribes.
• Asoka allowed the Kalingans to rule over themselves as long as they paid taxes.
• Asoka forced the remaining Kalingans to be slaves in the Mauryan Empire.

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How did Asoka treat the people of Kalinga during his conquest?

• He treated them well, like the other people in the Mauryan Empire.
• His armies killed 100,000 Kalingans in battle.  Another 100,000 died from disease and hunger during and after the invasion.  And 150,000 were forced to leave Kalinga after the invasion.
• While his army killed 200,000 Kalingans in battle, he treated innocent civilians well and provided them with food and medicine.
• He killed them all in battle.

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In 323 BCE, this general was the FIRST European to achieve any military control in the Indus Valley region:

• Seleucus I

• Cyrus

• Phillip II of Macedonia

• Alexander the Great

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What did Asoka do after the war in Kalinga was over?

• Asoka stopped wars of aggression and felt guilty about his actions.
• He continued wars of aggression in Southern India and conquered all of the forest tribes.
• Asoka allowed the Kalingans to rule over themselves as long as they paid taxes.
• Asoka forced the remaining Kalingans to be slaves in the Mauryan Empire.

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Buddhist Shrines

• Synagogues

• Cross

• Hail Mary's

• Stupas

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In the 320's BC a military leader named Candragupta Maurya seized control of the empire in the ______________ part of India.

• Southern

• Northern

• Eastern

• Western

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In the 320's BC a military leader named Candragupta Maurya seized control of the empire in the ______________ part of India.

• Southern

• Northern

• Eastern

• Western

Open Ended

Why is emperor Ashoka called " Ashoka the Great"?