The Mauryan Empire

The first ruler of the Maurya dynasty was.

• Ashoka

• Bindusara

• Chandragupta

• Samudra Gupta

Chandragupta defeated _____, the last ruler, in 321 BCE.

• DhanaNanda

• ShishuNanda

• Bimbisara

Chandragupta's ideas were written down in the Arthashastra.

• True

• False

Which famous book did Chanakya wrote?

• The Upanishads

• Indica

• Arthashastra

Kautilya was a learned bhramin of.....

• Magadha

• Taxila

• Kalinga

• Patliputra

Which one of the following is the author of Indica

• Chanakya

• Megasthenes

• Chandragupta

Who sent Megasthenes as ambassador to reside in Pataliputra?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Alexander the Great

• Chanakya

The first ruler of the Maurya dynasty was.

• Ashoka

• Bindusara

• Chandragupta

• Samudra Gupta