Mauryas Unify India
Ashoka's Rule
Ashoka's Edicts
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He began building the Mauryan Empire in 320 BCE
Who is Chandragupta Maurya?
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Ashoka wanted his people to follow this...
What is the Buddhist path?
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Ashoka had his edicts carved on walls, rocks, and on tall pillars for this reason
What is so the greatest number of people could see them?
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When Ashoka made sure people had good health, food, shelter, and clean water, he was promoting this goal
What is General Welfare?
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The Indian subcontinent covers more than this many square miles...
What is 1 million?
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Three of Chandragupta's successes included these:
What are created strong central government, wrote laws, made sure farmers had water, and built a royal road
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Ashoka saw himself as this...
What is a wise and loving father figure?
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This edict said that people should not become attached to worldly things...
What is Buddhist Values?
200
Ashoka believed that India was more likely to remain united if it was this...
What is peaceful and stable?
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The definition of edict is this...
What is a command that is obeyed like a law?
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This was the reason Chandragupta was able to conquer the northern kingdoms easily
What is they were weak from fighting among temselves
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Three Buddhist values that Ashoka supported were...
What are love, peace, and nonviolence?
300
These edicts were concerned with enemies and noncitizens of the empire
What is Security?
300
This caused Ashoka to give up wars & conquest
What is a brutal battle?
300
Chandragupta kept his empire strong by using this...
What is force?
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Toward the end of his life, it was said that Chandragupta became this:
What is an ascetic?
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When Ashoka embraced Buddhism, he gave this up...
What is violence?
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An example of this edict asked people to be respectful and obedient to elders
What is Buddhist Values?
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Ashoka's army had this many soldiers and this many elephants...
What is 700,000 and 9,000?
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In the early days of his reign, Ashoka spread the empire southward in this way
What is through war?
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The Maurya family's unifying of India was a major accomplishment because of this:
What is India is so huge and diverse?
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Chandragupta's rule was different from Ashoka's rule in this way...
What is Chadragupta's used harsh rule to maintain his power?
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An example of this edict allowed a three-day respite for criminals sentenced to death...
What is Justice?
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The royal road built by Chadragupta was approximately this long...
What is 1,000 miles?
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This dome holds sacred Buddhist objects...
What is a stupa?
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