The Mauryan Empire

Who sent Megasthenes sent as ambassador to reside in Pataliputra?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Alexander the Great

• Chanakya

Who wrote the Arthashastra?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Alexander the Great

• Chanakya

Which ones of the following are not the authors of Indica?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Chanakya

• Megasthenes

Who is knows as the founder of the Mauryan empire?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Megasthenes

• Chanakya

Who received 500 elephants in return for land in Afghanistan and his daughter in marriage?

• Chandragupta

• Seleucus Nicator

• Megasthenes

• Chanakya

Some of the parts of the Mauryan society were:

• Warriors

• Spies

• Brahmans

• All of the above

Chandragupta was influenced by Jainism and Ashoka was influenced by Budhism

• True

• False

Chandragupta's Mauryan Empire was larger than that of Ashoka's

• True

• False

Ashoka had a change of heart after which war?

• Pataliputra

• Kalinga

• Nanda

• Ujjain

The capital of the Mauryan Empire was:

• Pataliputra

• Kalinga

• Nanda

• Ujjain