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Aśoka, the greatest ruler in Indian history,
a) defeated the forces of Alexander the Great.
b) used Buddhist ideals to guide his rule.
c) was also a scientist and mathematician.
d) drove out foreign forces and established the capital of the new Mauyan Empire at Pataliputra.

Which Indian literary work is an epic that includes riddles about the meaning of life?
a) Mahabharata
b) Ramayana
c) The Cloud Messenger
d) the Vedas

From whom did the Kushāns adapt the alphabet?
a) the Persians
b) the Greeks
c) the Mauryans
d) the Guptas

Which of the following Indian civilizations emerged as a classical civilization of lasting value?
a) the Aryans
b) the Mauryans
c) the Kushans
d) the Guptas

Structures built in the form of burial mounds to house a relic of the Buddha were called
a) epics.
b) stupas.
c) Vedas.
d) rock chambers.

Under the reign of __________, India became a major crossroads in a trade network that extended from the rim of the Pacific to Southwest Asia and the Mediterranean Sea.
a) Aśoka
b) Candra Gupta
c) Megasthenes
d) Chandragupta Maurya

Located between influential cultures, the Kushān Empire was shaped by contact with China, Persia, and
a) Egypt.
b) Japan.
c) East Africa.
d) the Roman Empire.

Which of the following religions that originated in Persia was practiced in the Kushān Empire?
a) Hinduism
b) Buddhism
c) Zoroastrianism
d) Islam

What key lesson of Indian society does the Bhagavad Gita contain?
a) A wife's supreme duty is loyalty to her husband.
b) Separation from one's spouse is painful.
c) In taking action, one must not worry about success or failure.
d) A ruler must be wary of assassination plots.

After the Arabs conquered large parts of India in the eighth century A.D., they
a) adopted the Indian numeral system.
b) translated the major literary works of India.
c) helped the Kushāns develop a calendar based on the sun and moon.
d) built rock chambers similar to those built by the Indians.

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