Quiz: Ashoka

When did Ashoka die?

• About 232 BC.
• 15 March 44 BC, assassinated in Rome.
• 323 BC, Babylon.
• 337, near Nicomedia.

When did Ashoka reign?

• About 268 to 232 BC.
• 336 to 323 BC.
• As king of Qin 246 to 221 BC; as emperor 221 to 210 BC.
• 306 to 337.

What realm did Ashoka rule?

• The Maurya Empire, covering most of the Indian subcontinent.
• Han dynasty China.
• Qin China, the first unified Chinese empire.
• The Roman Empire, reunited under one ruler.

What is Ashoka known for?

• The Kalinga war, the rock and pillar edicts, and the spread of Buddhism.
• The Age of Pericles, the Parthenon, and the Funeral Oration recorded by Thucydides.
• The Edict of Milan (313), Constantinople, and the Council of Nicaea (325).
• Issus (333 BC), Gaugamela (331 BC), and the founding of Alexandria.

True or false: Emperor of the Maurya Empire from about 268 to 232 BC, who ruled nearly the whole Indian subcontinent.

• True
• False