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6th grade India's Maurya and Gupta empires, and the number zero worksheet

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India's Maurya and Gupta empires, and the number zero

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    Maurya and Gupta empires

    PartMaurya EmpireGupta Empire
    Founder?Chandra Gupta I
    Beganabout 321 BCEabout 320 CE
    Endedabout 185 BCEabout 550 CE
    CapitalPataliputraPataliputra
    Land ruledmost of the Indian subcontinent, joined into one empiremuch of northern India
    Known forAshoka's messages cut into rocks and pillarsadvances in mathematics and astronomy

    The cell marked ? is blank. Below the chart: Pataliputra is today the city of Patna. All dates are approximate; some sources give 322 BCE for the start of the Maurya Empire.

  2. Ren's chart has a blank: who founded the Maurya Empire?

    • Chandragupta Maurya
    • Ashoka
    • Chandra Gupta I
    • Cyrus the Great

  3. Tala's chart has a blank: when did the Gupta Empire begin?

    • About 320 CE
    • About 321 BCE
    • About 550 CE
    • About 320 BCE

  4. Maurya and Gupta empires

    PartMaurya EmpireGupta Empire
    FounderChandragupta MauryaChandra Gupta I
    Beganabout 321 BCEabout 320 CE
    Endedabout 185 BCEabout 550 CE
    CapitalPataliputraPataliputra
    Land ruledmost of the Indian subcontinent, joined into one empiremuch of northern India
    Known forAshoka's messages cut into rocks and pillarsadvances in mathematics and astronomy

    Below the chart: Pataliputra is today the city of Patna. All dates are approximate; some sources give 322 BCE for the start of the Maurya Empire.

  5. Ari reads that Ashoka's messages were inscriptions. What is an inscription?

    • A map drawn on cloth
    • Words cut into stone
    • A message sent by rider
    • Words written in ink on paper

  6. Bo reads the word edict. What is an edict?

    • A treaty between two cities
    • A tax paid in grain
    • An order from a ruler
    • A road for royal travel

  7. Esme reads the words Indian subcontinent. What is a subcontinent?

    • A small island in the sea
    • A mountain range between lands
    • A city built beside a river
    • A large part of a continent

  8. Joined most of the Indian subcontinent into one empire. Does that describe the Maurya or the Gupta Empire, Jun asks?

    • Maurya Empire
    • Both empires
    • Neither empire
    • Gupta Empire

  9. Advances in mathematics and astronomy. Does that describe the Maurya or the Gupta Empire, Kira asks?

    • Neither empire
    • Maurya Empire
    • Gupta Empire
    • Both empires

  10. About how many years did the Maurya Empire last, from about 321 BCE to about 185 BCE, Milo asks?

    • About 36 years
    • About 136 years
    • About 506 years
    • About 1,360 years

  11. Which began first, the Maurya Empire or the Gupta Empire, Noah asks?

    • Neither: both began in BCE
    • Gupta, about 320 CE
    • Both, in the same year
    • Maurya, about 321 BCE

  12. Why does the chart say about 321 BCE, Pia asks?

    • It is an exact day, known from records
    • Sources differ by a year or so
    • It is a CE date
    • The year 321 BCE is in the future
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India's Maurya and Gupta empires, and the number zero. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

  • I can compare the Maurya Empire with the Gupta Empire (founder, dates, capital, land, what each is known for) and keep Chandragupta Maurya, Chandra Gupta I and Chandragupta II apart.
  • I can read a step chart of each empire, work out spans of years across BCE and CE, and say what helped it hold together (messages carved in stone for the whole empire, a royal road with rest houses and wells).
  • I can weigh the evidence for numerals, place value and zero (Brahmi numerals, Aryabhata, a dated charter, the Gwalior stone, a manuscript whose date is debated) and say why no single person or stone invented zero.
  • I can check Aryabhata's results about the year, the circle, the turning sky and eclipses against today's, and work backward from his book to his birth year.

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