Ancient India Section 4

In the 320s BC a military leader named Chandragupta Maurya seized

control of the entire southern part of India.

• True

• False

2. Asoka was a strong ruler, the strongest of all the Mauryan emperors.

• True

• False

Under the rule of Chandragupta II, Indian society continued to grow, the

economy strengthened, and people prospered.

• True

• False

Rulers of the Gupta dynasty generally were not supportive of the Hindu

caste system.

• True

• False

5. India was firmly under Gupta control until the late 400s, when Jainist

armies invaded India from the northwest.

• True

• False