ASHOKA THE EMPEROR WHO GAVE UP WAR

The _________ War changed Ashoka into a peace lover.

• Kalinga

• Magadha

• Panipat

• Buxar

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

• Aryabhata
• Ashoka
• Chandra Gupta Maurya
• Kalidassa

___________________was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta

• IBN BATUTA

• MEGASTHENES

• I QUING

• MARCO POLO

Ashoka had appointed officials known as Dhamma _________________who went from place to place teaching people dhamma

• MINISTERS

• MAHAMATTA

• MANAGERS

• MUKHIYAS

Ashoka sent messengers to spread his idea about dhamma to _________&,_______

• CHINA,MALAYSIA

• SYRIA,EGYPT

• RUSSIA,AMERICA

• PAKISTAN,AFGHANISTAN

Ashokan Edicts are engraved in the ______________ script.

• Prakrit

• Sanskrit

• Aramaic

• Brahmi

How did Asoka help spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of the world?

• A. Asoka sent missionaries to spread the teachings of the Buddha to other kingdoms.
• B. Asoka conquered other kingdoms and forced them to follow Buddhism.
• C. Asoka forced his people to follow Buddhism or be executed.
• D. Asoka gave his people a tax break if they converted to Buddhism.

What caused Asoka to change his way of life?

• A. The sufferings created by the war in Kalinga disturbed Asoka, so he converted to Buddhism.
• B.  The second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, ruled for twenty-five years.
• C.  The armies of Buddha conquered his land and forced him to change.
• D.  His wife the queen asked him to change.

Which ones of the following are not the authors of Indica?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Chanakya

• Megasthenes

Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Budhism

• True

• False