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Who founded the Maurya Empire after defeating Dhana Nanda?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city was the capital of the Mauryan Empire?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Greek ambassador did Seleucus send to the court of Chandragupta?Read the answer and worked solution →Who first read Ashoka's edicts in the modern era?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did James Prinsep decipher the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?Read the answer and worked solution →How many war elephants did Seleucus receive from Chandragupta?Read the answer and worked solution →The elephants from Chandragupta helped Seleucus win which battle in 301 BCE?Read the answer and worked solution →According to a 12th-century Jain text, which faith did Chandragupta follow after retiring?Read the answer and worked solution →At which place is Chandragupta said to have observed santhara?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the title Amitraghata given to Bindusara mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religion did Bindusara believe in, unlike his father?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the Greek ambassador at the court of Bindusara?Read the answer and worked solution →Which kingdom, besides the far south, stayed outside Bindusara's empire?Read the answer and worked solution →Who caused the first revolt of Taxila by his maladministration?Read the answer and worked solution →For how many years did Bindusara reign, according to the Mahavamsa?Read the answer and worked solution →In which regnal year did Ashoka conquer Kalinga?Read the answer and worked solution →Which edict expresses Ashoka's deep remorse after the Kalinga War?Read the answer and worked solution →How many men and animals did Ashoka's edict say were killed in the Kalinga War?Read the answer and worked solution →How many people did the edict say were carried away as captives from Kalinga?Read the answer and worked solution →Which present-day Indian state corresponds to ancient Kalinga?Read the answer and worked solution →The word Dhamma in Ashoka's edicts is best translated as what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which language were most of Ashoka's edicts written?Read the answer and worked solution →One of Ashoka's edicts was written in Greek and which other language?Read the answer and worked solution →What were the officers Ashoka appointed for the welfare of the aged and sects called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city was the provincial capital of the northwest in Ashoka's empire?Read the answer and worked solution →Who headed the provincial administration as the emperor's representative?Read the answer and worked solution →How many infantry did Megasthenes say the Mauryan army had?Read the answer and worked solution →How many members sat on each military board described by Megasthenes?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Megasthenes, how many gates did Pataliputra's wooden wall have?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Mauryan system, who owned all the land?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Who founded the Maurya Empire after defeating Dhana Nanda?

  1. Bindusara Maurya
  2. Chandragupta Maurya
  3. Ashoka the Great
  4. Dasharatha Maurya
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Correct answer: B. Chandragupta Maurya

1. Dhana Nanda ruled Magadha from Pataliputra. 2. Chandragupta Maurya, advised by Chanakya, defeated him. 3. Bindusara and Ashoka were later rulers, and Dasharatha came after Ashoka. _Source: Wikipedia, Maurya Empire, Conquest of the Nanda Empire_

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Which city was the capital of the Mauryan Empire?

  1. Ujjain
  2. Taxila
  3. Tosali
  4. Pataliputra
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Correct answer: D. Pataliputra

1. The Mauryan heartland was Magadha. 2. Its imperial capital was Pataliputra, modern Patna. 3. Ujjain, Taxila and Tosali were provincial capitals, not the imperial one. _Source: Wikipedia, Maurya Empire, Chandragupta's state_

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Which Greek ambassador did Seleucus send to the court of Chandragupta?

  1. Iambulus
  2. Deimachus
  3. Dionysius
  4. Megasthenes
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Correct answer: D. Megasthenes

1. After the treaty, Seleucus sent an ambassador to Chandragupta. 2. That ambassador was Megasthenes. 3. Deimachus went to Bindusara, and Dionysius was sent by Ptolemy II. _Source: Wikipedia, Maurya Empire, Dynastic marriage-alliance with Seleucus_

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