Overview
Mauryas
Ashoka
Edicts
100
King
What is Ashoka's position?
100
First leaders to unify India
Who are the Mauryas?
100
south and east
How did Ashoka expand the empire through wars?
100
to spread values to his people
What is the reason for Ashoka's edicts?
200
Maurya
What is the name of the family Ashoka was part of?
200
Chandragupta
Who is the first Mauryan leader?
200
Buddhism
What is the religion that Ashoka embraced?
200
Four main goals
What are the edicts?
300
322 to 187 BCE
What is the time period of the Mauryan Empire?
300
7,000 soldiers and 9,000 elephants
How did Chandragupta overthrow the rulers of other kingdoms?
300
Love, peace, and nonviolence
What are some of the Buddhist values?
300
General Welfare
What is the edict that promoted people's general well-being (health, shelter, water, food)?
400
After seeing a bloody battle
What is the reason Ashoka gave up ways of violence?
400
Harsh
How would you describe Chandragupta's rule?
400
"his children"
How did Ashoka refer to his followers?
400
Justice
What is the edict that had to do with fair laws?
500
Unify
What is Ashoka's goal as ruler of India?
500
The royal road
What did Chandragupta use to connect the parts of his empire?
500
Ceylon
Where did Ashoka send his son to spread Buddhism?
500
Security
What is the edict that were concerned with enemies for the Mauryan Empire?
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