Mauryan empire bingo

Exercise and reference answers

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.

Explanation