India's First Empires

QUIZ 4-3
___ 1. an important writer of the Gupta period A. dynasty
___ 2. a person who travels to a religious shrine or site B. Asoka
___ 3. a series of rulers from the same family C. stupas
___ 4. believed by many historians to be the greatest D. pilgrim
king of the Mauryan dynasty E. Kalidasa
___ 5. Buddhist shrines

Chandragupta Maurya
He vowed to dedicate his life to peace and follow the teachings of the
Buddha.
Trading
Both are about warriors and their heroic deeds.
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6. _______ was the founder of the Mauryan empire.

7. What did the military ruler Asoka do after he walked over a

battlefield and saw much bloodshed?

8. The Gupta empire grew wealthy by _______common goods, such as

salt, cloth, and iron.

9. What is the subject of both of the sacred texts Mahabharata and

Ramayana?

10. Indian mathematicians developed the idea of ______ and the

symbol to represent it.