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Kalinga is the ancient name of:Read the answer and worked solution →Ashoka is called the only king in world history who gave up conquest after:Read the answer and worked solution →Officials Ashoka appointed to teach people about dhamma were the:Read the answer and worked solution →Ashoka sent messengers about dhamma to Syria, Egypt, Greece and:Read the answer and worked solution →The finely polished Rampurwa bull from a Mauryan pillar is now placed in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan empire collapsed about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Mauryas, which general set up a kingdom in north and central India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shungas were followed by which dynasty?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gupta empire was established about how many years ago?Read the answer and worked solution →The Satavahana kingdom, established about 2100 years ago, lasted about:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Central Asian people followed the Indo-Greeks in the north-west?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Mauryan placesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop Ashoka's worksRead the answer and worked solution →Run the Mauryan lineRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Kalinga is the ancient name of:

  1. Andhra coast
  2. Coastal Orissa
  3. Bengal delta
  4. Bihar plains
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Correct answer: B. Coastal Orissa

1. Ashoka fought a war to conquer it. 2. Kalinga is coastal Orissa. 3. Its bloodshed made him give up war. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._

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Ashoka is called the only king in world history who gave up conquest after:

  1. A great famine
  2. A rebellion
  3. Winning a war
  4. Losing a war
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Correct answer: C. Winning a war

1. He was horrified by the violence in Kalinga. 2. He gave up conquest after winning. 3. He turned to dhamma. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._

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Officials Ashoka appointed to teach people about dhamma were the:

  1. Rajuka officers
  2. Amatya ministers
  3. Yukta clerks
  4. Dhamma mahamatta
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Correct answer: D. Dhamma mahamatta

1. They went from place to place. 2. They were the dhamma mahamatta. 3. Messages were also inscribed on rocks and pillars. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._

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