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Mauryan bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Book of Chanakya's ideas.
    Item
    Arthashastra
  2. Clue
    Ashoka's code without god or sacrifice.
    Item
    Dhamma
  3. Clue
    Official who taught dhamma.
    Item
    Mahamatta
  4. Clue
    Script of Ashoka's inscriptions.
    Item
    Brahmi
  5. Clue
    Language of Ashoka's inscriptions.
    Item
    Prakrit
  6. Clue
    Coastal Orissa, Ashoka's last war.
    Item
    Kalinga
  7. Clue
    Irregular gifts from distant areas.
    Item
    Tribute
  8. Clue
    Greek envoy at Chandragupta's court.
    Item
    Megasthenes
  9. Clue
    Pillar capital on our currency.
    Item
    Sarnath lions
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation

_Source: syllabus Our Pasts I, Chapter 7, Ashoka, the Emperor Who Gave Up War._
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