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Ashoka and Dhamma

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name

Class

Date

What faith did Asoka adopt during his rule?

Hinduism

Buddhism

Christianity

Islam

Why can Asoka's history be described as "written in stone"?

Because most of what we konw about him and his rule comes from the stone age.

Because most of what we know about him comes from his best friend's cousin's sister's little cousin Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

Because most of what we know about him and his rule comes from the edicts carved on pillars, rocks, and walls across his empire.

Because he beat up people with his hands that were considered to be made of stone.

Define missionaries:

people who travel to other countries or areas to spread religious ideas

people who travel to the beach during the summer months

people who are forced to travel to other countries

people who eat too much food

Define edicts:

degrees earned by people in authority

decrees or commands given by people in positions of authority

degrees on a thermometer

decrees given by dogs and cats in animated movies

Which of these is not a principle of Dhamma?

Speak the truth

Be kind to everyone, excluding servants and slaves

Practice charity

Follow the path of ahimsa

Which of these is accurate about 'Indika'

Tells us about the political administration of the Mauryan Empire

Is written by Chanakya

Written by Megasthenes

Tells us about the religious life of the Mauryas

How did Ashoka spread Dhamma?

By setting up pillar and rock edicts

By appointing dhamma mahamatras

By setting up speakers throughout the empire

By taking people's lives if they didn't follow dhamma

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.

The rains down in Africa.

10.

Who was Chandragupta's grandson?

King Ashoka

The Buddha

Jason Bourne

Chandragupta III

11.

Who was the first king to unify India

Chandra Gupta Maurya

Bindusara

Ashoka

Alexander

12.

What was important to conquer to control the routes to South India

Andhra

Avanti

Kalinga

Kosala

13.

What is the meaning of Dhamma Vijaya?

Conquest through peace and not wars

Conquest through religious beliefs and not wars

Conquest through friendship and not wars

Conquest through politeness and not wars

14.

According to Buddhism, the end of suffering in life is called _______.

The Noble Truth

Nirvana

Dharma

Reincarnation

15.

The two main rivers in India are the ________ and the _______.

Nile and the Ganges

Ganges and the Indus

Nile and the Indus

There are no major rivers in India

16.

Which is not a province in the Mauryan empire?

Taxila

Magadha

Suvarnagiri

Ujjain

17.

What is the capital of the Mauryan empire?

Pataliputra

Ujjain

Taxila

18.

Ashoka's inscriptions were in _____ and in _____ script

Sanskrit,brahmi

Brahmi,Prakrit

Sanskrit,prakrit

Prakrit,Brahmi

19.

What are the two literary sources of the mauryan period?

Arthimetica and neeti darpan

Ethics of kautilya and euclid's elements

Indica and arthashastra

Even Wikipedia doesn't know!(#sometimes)

20.

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

True

False

100 %

Ashoka and Dhamma

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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