Who was the son of Chandragupta Maurya?

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(a)

Bindusara

(b)

Ashoka

(c)

Bimbisara

(d)

Samudragupta

Who was the son of Bindusara?

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(a)

Chandragupta

(b)

Ashoka

(c)

Balwan

(d)

Samudragupta

Which was a gateway to the North-West?

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(a)

Pataliputra

(b)

Ujjain

(c)

Taxila

(d)

Rupnath

What did people provide to Mauryan officials?

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(a)

Elephants

(b)

Timber

(c)

Honey and wax

(d)

All of these

Kalinga is the ancient name of

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(a)

Coastal Karnataka

(b)

Coastal Odisha

(c)

Coastal Goa

(d)

Coastal Maharashtra

Officials collected_______________from the area under the direct control of the ruler.

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(a)

taxes

The Mauryan rulers tried to control ______________and ______________which were important for transport.

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(a)

rivers, roads

People in forested regions provided the Mauryan officials with ____________

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(a)

honey, timber, wax etc.

The most famous ___________ruler was Ashoka

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(a)

Mauryan

______________is the ancient name of coastal Orissa.

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(a)

Kalinga

Ujjain was the gateway to the North-West.

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(a) True

(b) False

Chandragupta's ideas were written down in the Arthashastra.

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(a) True

(b) False

Kalinga was the ancient name of Bengal.

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(a) True

(b) False

Ashoka gave up war after losing in Kalinga

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(a) True

(b) False

The 'dhamma' also reached other countries.

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(a) False

(b) True

What do you mean by an empire?

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(a)

Large kingdom where different types of people live in different parts of the kingdom is known as an empire.

What are provinces?

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(a)

Big cities of an empire are called provinces. Empires were divided into provinces to administer them efficiently

Who wrote Arthashastra?

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(a)

Chanakya wrote Arthashastra

What was important about South India during the Mauryan period?

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(a)

South India was important for its gold and precious stones.

Who was Megasthenes?

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(a)

Megasthenes was an ambassador who was sent to the Court of Chandragupta by the Greek ruler Seleucus Nicator.