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What is the name of the state the Mauryan Dynasty originated from?
Magadha.
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What religon did Asoka convert to?
Buddhism.
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What makes the the Mauryan civilization a dynasty?
The rulers of the civilization come from the a line of heredity.
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What caused Greek influence in the Mauryan court?
Allied with Selecus, the greek ruler of Persia.
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What major event happened around the time Asoka became a buddhist?
A war between the Kalinga and the Mauryans.
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Who was Chandragupta friends with before that person's death?
Alexander the Great
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List two reasons why Magadha is thought to have been "semi-barbaric".
It's practice of non-orthodox religons and position on the Aryan broder.
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Who is Asoka, and what was his relationship to the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty?
He was a ruler of the Mauryan Dynasty and the grandson of the founder of the Mauryan Dynasty.
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Name an empire/territory that was conquered by the Mauryan Empire.
Eastern Persia, Nanda Empire, Deccan Platue
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How did the Mauryan Dynasty unite all of India?
Conquered all of North and South India.
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Why did Asoka convert to Buddhism?
He did not want any more violence or war.
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How would the practice of non-orthodox religon make a state "semi-barbaric"?
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What are the names of the Mauryan dynasty's founder and successor?
Chandragupta and Bindusara.
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What contributed to Buddhism's spread, and how is it similar to a religon we learned about?
Like Islam, Buddhism had the support of a large state.
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How would the positioning of the Magadha state on the Aryan border make them "semi-barbaric"?
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