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Slice the Mauryan wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Tax or tributeRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Mauryan bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was born about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha belonged to which small gana?Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha attained enlightenment under a peepal tree at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha taught for the first time at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha passed away at:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha described constant craving, the cause of suffering, as:Read the answer and worked solution →The Buddha taught in which language so that everybody could understand?Read the answer and worked solution →Upanishadic thinkers called the individual soul the:Read the answer and worked solution →The word Upanishad literally means:Read the answer and worked solution →Which woman thinker, famous for her learning, debated in royal courts per the Upanishads?Read the answer and worked solution →Who prepared a grammar for Sanskrit with about 3000 short formulae?Read the answer and worked solution →Vardhamana Mahavira was the last and which tirthankara of the Jainas?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira was a kshatriya prince of which group within the Vajji sangha?Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira left home to live in a forest at the age of:Read the answer and worked solution →Mahavira's rule of not hurting or killing living beings is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Jainism was supported mainly by:Read the answer and worked solution →The teachings of Mahavira were written down about 1500 years ago at:Read the answer and worked solution →The rules of the Buddhist sangha were written down in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Buddhist monks who begged for food were known in Prakrit as:Read the answer and worked solution →Permanent monasteries built for monks and nuns were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The four ashramas were brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and:Read the answer and worked solution →The teachings of the Iranian prophet Zoroaster are contained in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Buddhist sitesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the six schoolsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the thinkers and placesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the Mauryan words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Sonnet
  3. Fresco
  4. Nebula
Matches the category
  1. Dhamma
  2. Brahmi
  3. Prakrit
  4. Kalinga
  5. Tribute
Instructions
Slice only the words of the Mauryan empire. Spare the others.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._

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Tax or tribute

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Upper category
Tax
Lower category
Tribute
Items
  1. Category
    Tax
    Item
    Farmers
  2. Category
    Tax
    Item
    Herders
  3. Category
    Tax
    Item
    Traders
  4. Category
    Tax
    Item
    Regular
  5. Category
    Tribute
    Item
    Blankets
  6. Category
    Tribute
    Item
    Gold
  7. Category
    Tribute
    Item
    Elephants
  8. Category
    Tribute
    Item
    Honey
Instructions
Send each clue to the regular tax track or the occasional tribute track.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._

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Sort the dynasties

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Items
  1. Group
    Maurya
    Item
    Chandragupta
  2. Group
    Maurya
    Item
    Ashoka
  3. Group
    Maurya
    Item
    Bindusara
  4. Group
    Successor
    Item
    Shunga
  5. Group
    Successor
    Item
    Kanva
  6. Group
    Successor
    Item
    Satavahana
  7. Group
    Foreign
    Item
    Indo-Greek
  8. Group
    Foreign
    Item
    Shaka
  9. Group
    Foreign
    Item
    Kushana
Groups
  1. Item
    Maurya
  2. Item
    Successor
  3. Item
    Foreign
Instructions
Drop each name onto the Mauryas, their Indian successors or the foreign rulers.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._

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