Mauryan Empire Quiz (India Quiz Pt. 1)

Given a phrase, select the correct response regarding the Mauryan Empire.

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I chose an interchange because Mauryan Empire was known for infrastructure (good idea or no?)

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1. Years / length of Mauryan empire

500 - 750 AD / 250 years ✓

322 - 185 BC / 137 years ✓

439 - 231 BC / 208 years ✓

1500 - 500 BC / 1000 years ✓

2. First leader

Chandragupta Maurya ✓

Ashoka ✓

Mohandes Gandhi ✓

Winston Churchill ✓

3. What did this leader do that is unique?

Becomes Buddhist priest ✓

Abdicates from throne ✓

Kills Alexander the Great ✓

Converts to Christianity ✓

4. What does he do following this action?

Meets Jesus and becomes an apostle ✓

Converts to asceticism, a form of Jainism ✓

Takes over Alexander the Great's kingdom ✓

Becomes one of the most influential spreaders of Buddhism ✓

5. How does he die?

Killed by Persians ✓

Killed by Romans ✓

Fasting ✓

Dies of being old ✓

6. Who was the next great leader / relation to Chandragupta Maurya?

Ashoka / grandson ✓

Alexander the Great / cousin ✓

Mohandas Gandhi / great-grandson many many times ✓

Shah Jahan / nephew ✓

7. Turning point for him:

Invention of ironworking - can now build his dream palace and dungeon ✓

Kalinga - sees many dead bodies and feels guilty ✓

Death of Chandragupta Maurya - mourns his death and builds Taj Mahal ✓

Ending of Warring States - attempts to take over Qin dynasty ✓

8. What happens after?

Feels so bad he kills himself after ordering his servants to bury him next to Chandragupta Maurya ✓

Converts to Buddhist, becomes human/animal rights activist, constructs Pillars of Ashoka and writes Buddhist edicts on them ✓

Throws his prisoners in his new dungeon and lives happily ever after ✓

Fails to take over Qin and is killed ✓

9. Describe rise of Mauryan Empire:

Chandragupta Maurya asks Britain to help conquer Nanda ✓

Chandragupta Maurya hands it off to Ashoka to do it ✓

Chandragupta Maurya asks Alexander the Great to help conquer Nanda for him ✓

Chandragupta Maurya is able to conquer Nanda after death of Alexander the Great, leaving no threat from west ✓

10. Describe fall of Mauryan Empire:

Large group of barbarians sacks the empire > fall ✓

Alexander the Great conquers > fall ✓

Ashoka dies > fall ✓

Bad leaders > large area > internal revolt > fall ✓

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