Indian Empires and Achievements

How did Chandragupta Maurya improve trade and business throughout his empire?

• women could be merchants

• created a system of weights and measures

• created one currency

• outlawed all foreign banks

Indian doctors were able to care for their patients by being able to ____.

• set broken bones

• perform surgeries

• provide medicines

• use of leeches to bleed wounds

Temples were covered with artwork of ​ (a)   .

• gods
• animals
• nature
• war scenes

Indian doctors used (a)   to help prevent disease.

What types of literature were popular during the Gupta period? Select all that apply.

• epics

• poems

• plays

• graphic novels

Asoka's military conquests ended after he saw the carnage from what battle? (a)  

• Kush
• Ganges River
• Kalinga
• Ghat

Asoka used which of the following animals in his conquest of India? Select all that apply.

• horses

• elephants

• tigers

• oxen

The Maurya empire fell apart after the death of what leader?

• Chandra Gupta

• Asoka

• Archimedes

• Siddhartha Gautama

Which remarkable pieces of art that were produced during the Maurya and Gupta Empires still survive to this day? Choose all that apply

• paintings

• Guitar music

• sculpture

• ballet

What did early Indian astronomers believe about our solar system?

• the moon was another planet

• there were only three other planets

• the planets revolved around the sun

• the early was the center of the universe