Indian Empires, Ashoka, & Achievments

What faith did Asoka adopt during his rule?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Islam

Why can Asoka's history be described as "written in stone"?

• Because most of what we konw about him and his rule comes from the stone age.
• Because most of what we know about him comes from his best friend's cousin's sister's little cousin Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
• Because most of what we know about him and his rule comes from the edicts carved on pillars, rocks, and walls across his empire.
• Because he beat up people with his hands that were considered to be made of stone.

The Mauryan Dynasty set up which type of government?

• city-state
• democratic
• theocratic
• well-run

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

• Aryabhata
• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta Maurya
• Kalidassa

Five hundred years after the Mauryan DYnasty failed, which dynasty created an empire that reunited much of Northern India?

• Ashoka
• Gupta
• Hindu
• Kalidasa

Which is an epic poem that is about a ruler who rescues his captured wife that grew to about 25,000 verses? 

• Bhagavad Gita
• Panchantrantra
• Ramayana
• Theravada

Which was an Indian invention that had a great impact on the study of mathematics and science?

• algebra
• algorithms
• geometry
• the symbol zero

Buddhist shrines shaped liked a dome or burial mound.

• pilgrim
• stupa
• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta

the best known section of the ancient religious epic, the Mahabharata.

• pilgrim
• Bhagavad Gita
• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta

The Mauryan Empire reached its height under his rule.

• pilgrim
• Bhagavad Gita
• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta