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Totali Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 5 The Mauryan Empire established by Chandragupta Maurya and continued by his son Bindusara (c 293–268 B.C.E.) whom Chanakya also advised and by his grandson Ashoka (c. 268-232 B.C.E.) was, beyond belief. With a population of about fifty million people, the Mauryan Empire was larger than the Mughal Empire two thousand years later and even larger than the British Empire in India, extending in fact all the way to the border of Persia and from Afghanistan to Bengal. Pataliputra 'was about twice as large as Rome under Emperor Marcus Aurelius". Chandragupta consolidated an empire and passed it down intact to his son Bindusara, about whom little was known, and to his grandson Ashoka. It was argued that the extreme measures that Chanakya advocated, and some of which Chandragupta surely must have employed, were necessary to bring order and the rule of law out of chaos, making possible the emergence of Ashoka, who is widely regarded as one of the finest kings in world history. After witnessing the suffering that occurred during his invasion of the kingdom of Kalinga, Ashoka turned toward Buddhism and nonviolence. He declared that in the future he would defeat only by morality or by dhamma-which is a Prakrit word, often replaced by the more familiar Sanskrit word dharma-a word meaning right conduct, duty, religion, law, social justice, and responsibility. Dhamma, or dharma, was Ashoka's all-encompassing principle. In his First Pillar Edict, he announced. "For this was my principle: to protect through Dhamma, to administer affairs according to Dhamma, to please the people with Dhamma, to guard the empire with Dhamma." Glossary 1 consolidated: strengthened; 2. advocated: supported; 3. intact: integral 4. emergence: coming out: 5. witnessing, seeing: 6. nonviolence: peacefulness; 7 all-encompassing: including everything or everyone 1. Who was Ashoka? 2. Describe the size of the Mauryan Empire. 3. Who strengthened the Mauryan Empire and who was the receiver oſ it? 4. How did the consequences of Ashoka's Kalinga invasion affect him? 5. (a) Dharma and Dhamma are (a) synonyms (b) antonyms (c) homophones (d) acronyms (b) In Sanskrit word dharma--a word meaning right conduct,...''conduct' means (a) guidance (b) behaviour (c) escort (d) execution​

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1 Ashoka was the son of Bindusara and the emperor of the Mauryan Empire.

2 The Mauryan Empire was larger than the Mughal Empire two thousand years later and even larger than the British Empire in India, extending in fact all the way to the border of Persia and from Afghanistan to Bengal. Pataliputra was about twice as large as Rome under Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

3 Ashoka strengthened the Mauryan Empire and Chanakya was the reciever of it.

4 After witnessing the suffering that occurred during his invasion of the kingdom of Kalinga, Ashoka turned toward Buddhism and nonviolence.

5 (b) In Sanskrit word dharma--a word meaning right conduct,...''conduct' means