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Mauryan Empire Quiz (India Quiz Pt. 1)

Given a phrase, select the correct response regarding the Mauryan Empire.
Shoutout to TOP10BEST who made part 2 of this quiz (British India) and makes other NFL quizzes
I chose an interchange because Mauryan Empire was known for infrastructure (good idea or no?)
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1. Years / length of Mauryan empire
322 - 185 BC / 137 years ✓
1500 - 500 BC / 1000 years ✓
500 - 750 AD / 250 years ✓
439 - 231 BC / 208 years ✓
2. First leader
Winston Churchill ✓
Mohandes Gandhi ✓
Chandragupta Maurya ✓
Ashoka ✓
3. What did this leader do that is unique?
Converts to Christianity ✓
Kills Alexander the Great ✓
Abdicates from throne ✓
Becomes Buddhist priest ✓
4. What does he do following this action?
Meets Jesus and becomes an apostle ✓
Converts to asceticism, a form of Jainism ✓
Becomes one of the most influential spreaders of Buddhism ✓
Takes over Alexander the Great's kingdom ✓
5. How does he die?
Dies of being old ✓
Killed by Persians ✓
Fasting ✓
Killed by Romans ✓
6. Who was the next great leader / relation to Chandragupta Maurya?
Ashoka / grandson ✓
Shah Jahan / nephew ✓
Alexander the Great / cousin ✓
Mohandas Gandhi / great-grandson many many times ✓
7. Turning point for him:
Ending of Warring States - attempts to take over Qin dynasty ✓
Death of Chandragupta Maurya - mourns his death and builds Taj Mahal ✓
Kalinga - sees many dead bodies and feels guilty ✓
Invention of ironworking - can now build his dream palace and dungeon ✓
8. What happens after?
Converts to Buddhist, becomes human/animal rights activist, constructs Pillars of Ashoka and writes Buddhist edicts on them ✓
Fails to take over Qin and is killed ✓
Feels so bad he kills himself after ordering his servants to bury him next to Chandragupta Maurya ✓
Throws his prisoners in his new dungeon and lives happily ever after ✓
9. Describe rise of Mauryan Empire:
Chandragupta Maurya asks Alexander the Great to help conquer Nanda for him ✓
Chandragupta Maurya hands it off to Ashoka to do it ✓
Chandragupta Maurya asks Britain to help conquer Nanda ✓
Chandragupta Maurya is able to conquer Nanda after death of Alexander the Great, leaving no threat from west ✓
10. Describe fall of Mauryan Empire:
Ashoka dies > fall ✓
Bad leaders > large area > internal revolt > fall ✓
Large group of barbarians sacks the empire > fall ✓
Alexander the Great conquers > fall ✓
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