Write a short paragraph explaining to Roshan why the lions are shown on our currency notes. list at least one other object on which you see them.

Why were the cities of Taxila and Ujjain important?

Write a few lines on Ashoka.

The empire was a vast territory. How did the emperors run the empire?

How has Megasthenes described the emperor's appearance in public?

Answer the questions based on the picture given below:

(i) Which type of bull is shown in the picture?
(ii) Above picture belongs to which dynasty?
(iii) Where it has been found?

How was the empire ruled by the Mauryas?

Write about the administration of Ashoka

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
Megasthenes wrote an account of what he saw.
Here is a part of his description:
"The occasions on which the Emperor appears in public are celebrated with grand royal processions. He is carried in a golden palanquin. His guards ride elephants decorated with gold and silver. Some of the guards carry trees on with live birds and also, a flock of trained parrots, fly in circles around the head of the Emperor. The King is normally surrounded by armed women. He is afraid that someone may try to kill him. He has special servants to taste the food before he eats. He never sleeps in the same bedroom for two nights."
(i) How has Megasthenes described the King's appearance in public?
(ii)What precautions were taken regarding the King's safety?

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:
This is what Ashoka declared in one of his inscriptions: "Eight years after becoming the King, I conquered Kalinga. About a lakh and a half people were captured. And more than a lakh of people were killed. This filled me with sorrow. Why?
Whenever an independent land is conquered, lakhs of people die and many are taken prisoners. Brahmins and monks also die.
People who are kind to their relatives and friends, to their slaves and servants die, or lose their loved ones.
That is why I am sad, and have decided to observe Dhamma and to teach others about it as well.
I believe that winning people over through Dhamma is much better than conquering them through force.
I am inscribing this message for the future, so that my son and grandson after me should not think about war. Instead, they should try to think about how to spread Dhamma."
(i) When did Ashoka conquer Kalinga ?
(ii) Why was Ashoka filled with sorrow after the Kalinga War?
(iii)What message did he inscribe for his son and grandson?
(iv)When did Ashoka give up fighting?