Ashoka

An empire is

• big kingdom

• big company

• small kindom

What faith did Asoka adopt during his rule?

• Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Islam

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.

What are Edicts?

• Writing carved into hot dogs.

• Official messages carved into stones or pillars.

• Messages to the future carved in a rock.

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Who was Chandragupta's grandson?

• King Ashoka

• The Buddha

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• Chandragupta III

True of False: Ashoka was not known as a great military leader.

• True

• False

Which Dynasty did Ashoka belong to?

• Kanva

• Mauryan

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• Haryanka

Ashoka started preaching _____________ after the war of Kalinga

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Buddhism

Ashoka asked people to be

• kind, honest and non-violent

• wage more wars

• more revengeful

Ashoka is considered a unique ruler because

• He gave up fighting after winning a war.

• He read out to his people with edicts on Dhamma.

• He criticized rituals and sacrifices.

• Both (a) and (b)