Ancient India and China Worksheet 1. What was the first empire mentioned in reference to Ancient India?
2. What was the empire able to do for the first time?
3. What did the empire put in place to hold the empire together, be
specific?
4. In 269 BC, who became the ruler of India and what did he do in the
process?
5. What are three of the Buddhist teaching that were used by this new
ruler?
6. He also created a system of?
7. Ashoka's rule failed to do what?
8. What was the next empire to rule after the Maurya Empire?
9. During the rule of this empire, what grew in the cities?
Write 3 characteristics of Hinduism and 3 characteristics of
Buddhism.
11. What is a caste system?
10.