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ICSE Class 9 The Mauryan Empire — practice questions

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Flip and match the MauryasRead the answer and worked solution →Mauryan empire bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Match the Mauryan factsRead the answer and worked solution →Mauryan numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Mauryan facts, true or falseRead the answer and worked solution →Quick Mauryan picksRead the answer and worked solution →Mauryan word huntRead the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan Empire was founded by:Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka, arguably the most famous ruler of early India, was Chandragupta's:Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka conquered Kalinga, which is present-day coastal:Read the answer and worked solution →The capital of the Mauryan Empire was:Read the answer and worked solution →Megasthenes, whose account survives in fragments, was a:Read the answer and worked solution →Parts of the Arthashastra were probably composed by:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Asokan inscriptions were written in which language?Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka's inscriptions appear on natural rocks and on:Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka's message inscribed across the empire is understood to be:Read the answer and worked solution →Besides the capital, the provincial centres included Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan Empire was founded around:Read the answer and worked solution →Inscriptions in the northwest of the subcontinent were written in which script?Read the answer and worked solution →The Aramaic and Greek scripts were used for inscriptions in:Read the answer and worked solution →Historians reconstruct Mauryan history from archaeological finds, especially:Read the answer and worked solution →Megasthenes mentions a military committee with how many subcommittees?Read the answer and worked solution →Mauryan communication ran along:Read the answer and worked solution →The account of Megasthenes survives:Read the answer and worked solution →Kautilya or Chanakya is traditionally believed to be:Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta's control extended as far northwest as:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Prakrit inscriptions of Asoka were written in which script?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Flip and match the Mauryas

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Matching pairs
  1. A
    Chandragupta
    B
    Founded the empire
  2. A
    Asoka
    B
    Conquered Kalinga
  3. A
    Megasthenes
    B
    Greek ambassador
  4. A
    Kautilya
    B
    Arthashastra author
Instructions
Flip cards to match each figure with their claim to fame.
_Source: syllabus History, Theme 2 'Kings, Farmers and Towns' (lehs102)_

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Mauryan empire bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    The Mauryan capital
    Item
    Pataliputra
  2. Clue
    A provincial political centre
    Item
    Taxila
  3. Clue
    Asoka's conquest, coastal Orissa
    Item
    Kalinga
  4. Clue
    Asoka's message of respect
    Item
    Dhamma
  5. Clue
    Script of most Prakrit inscriptions
    Item
    Brahmi
  6. Clue
    Language of most inscriptions
    Item
    Prakrit
  7. Clue
    The ambassador who wrote an account
    Item
    Megasthenes
  8. Clue
    Treatise tied to Kautilya
    Item
    Arthashastra
  9. Clue
    Rough date the empire was founded
    Item
    321 BCE
Instructions
Read each call, tap its term on the board. Three in a line is bingo.
_Source: syllabus History, Theme 2 'Kings, Farmers and Towns' (lehs102)_

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Match the Mauryan facts

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Capital
    Right
    Pataliputra
  2. Left
    Founder
    Right
    Chandragupta
  3. Left
    Kalinga
    Right
    Coastal Orissa
  4. Left
    Northwest script
    Right
    Kharosthi
  5. Left
    Afghan texts
    Right
    Aramaic and Greek
Instructions
Tap an item on the left, then its match on the right.
_Source: syllabus History, Theme 2 'Kings, Farmers and Towns' (lehs102)_

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