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ASHOKA THE EMPEROR WHO GAVE UP WAR

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name

Class

Date

The _________ War changed Ashoka into a peace lover.

Kalinga

Magadha

Panipat

Buxar

Which was a Mauryan ruler who built new roads and hospitals for people and animals?

Aryabhata

Ashoka

Chandra Gupta Maurya

Kalidassa

___________________was an ambassador who was sent to the court of Chandragupta

IBN BATUTA

MEGASTHENES

I QUING

MARCO POLO

Ashoka had appointed officials known as Dhamma _________________who went from place to place teaching people dhamma

MINISTERS

MAHAMATTA

MANAGERS

MUKHIYAS

Ashoka sent messengers to spread his idea about dhamma to _________&,_______

CHINA,MALAYSIA

SYRIA,EGYPT

RUSSIA,AMERICA

PAKISTAN,AFGHANISTAN

Ashokan Edicts are engraved in the ______________ script.

Prakrit

Sanskrit

Aramaic

Brahmi

How did Asoka help spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of the world?

A. Asoka sent missionaries to spread the teachings of the Buddha to other kingdoms.

B. Asoka conquered other kingdoms and forced them to follow Buddhism.

C. Asoka forced his people to follow Buddhism or be executed.

D. Asoka gave his people a tax break if they converted to Buddhism.

What caused Asoka to change his way of life?

A. The sufferings created by the war in Kalinga disturbed Asoka, so he converted to Buddhism.

B. The second Mauryan emperor, Bindusara, ruled for twenty-five years.

C. The armies of Buddha conquered his land and forced him to change.

D. His wife the queen asked him to change.

Which ones of the following are not the authors of Indica?

Chandragupta

Seleucus Nicator

Chanakya

Megasthenes

10.

Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Budhism

True

False

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ASHOKA THE EMPEROR WHO GAVE UP WAR

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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