S.S. Maurya & Gupta Empire

Question 1

What are mercenaries?

Answer 1

Hired Soldiers

Question 2

How was he a harsh ruler?

Answer 2

Chandragupta was a harsh ruler because he hired spies and muffled any uprising.

Question 3

How did he pay for his government?

Answer 3

Chandragupta had harsh laws

Question 4

How big was his army and what animals were in it?

Answer 4

600,000 Soldiers thousands of war elephants

Question 5

How was Asoka different from the previous Mauryan rulers?

Answer 5

He was the stronger than all the previous Mauryan Rulers

Question 6

What effect did the war in Kalinga have on Asoka?

Answer 6

The fight between Kalinga and Asoka, which scared him

Question 7

What are missionaries, and how did Asoka use them?

Answer 7

Missionaries are hired soldiers.

Question 8

What are edicts?

Answer 8

Edicts are Laws

Question 9

What are two ways that the Gupta kings unified their country?

Answer 9

By forming alliances by marriages between the rulers children

Question 10

How did the Gupta separate their country into smaller parts?

Answer 10

By provinces

Question 11

How far did literature from the Golden Age of India spread?

Answer 11

Greece and Persia

Question 12

What materials were used for money during the Gupta Empire?

Answer 12

Gold and Copper

Question 13

What other metals did the Gupta use?

Answer 13

Iron

Question 14

What subjects were commonly shown in Gupta art?

Answer 14

Poetry, Fables, Folktales, Drama, and Comedy, Sculptures

Question 15

Why did the Gupta build a large system of roads?

Answer 15

The Gupta made a large road system for travelers and traders

Question 16

What were three features that roads had in the Gupta Empire?

Answer 16

They had a reasthouse, shade, and signs that told you where you are.

Question 17

When did Asoka die?

Answer 17

232 B.C