Question

a. Who was Chanakya? What other name is he known by?

b. Name some important cities of the Mauryan Empire. What were their signifiacance?

c. How are empires different from kingdoms?

d. Discuss the chief features of administration in the Mauryan Empire?

e. Why did Emperor Ashoka give up war?

f. What problems did Emperor Ashoka want to solve?

g. What is understood by Ashoka’s Dhamma? How did he spread the message of Dhamma around the world?

h. Who were Dhamma Mahamattas? Why were they appointed?
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Answer 1

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a) chankya was chief minister of Chandragupta Maurya's kingdom . He was known as kautilya as his second name

Answer 2

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Chanakya was an ancient Indian teacher, philosopher, economist, jurist and royal advisor. He is traditionally identified as Kauṭilya or Vishnugupta, who authored the ancient Indian political treatise, the Arthashastra, a text dated to roughly between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE.

his other name was kautalya