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| By what year did south asian civilizations begin to take shape across northern india? |
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| Were early south asian civilizations fragmented or centralized? |
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| What were some of the early south asian civilizations like? |
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| some small republics, some ruled by kings |
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| what gave Indian civilizations their identity? |
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| a distinctive religious tradition, called vedic religion(became hinduism) and the caste system |
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| When was the Mauryan Empire? |
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| What territory was under the Mauryan Empire? |
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| encompassed all but the southern tip of the subcontinent |
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| About how many people were in the Mauryan empire? |
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| Was the Mauryan military large? |
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| yes, 600,000 infantry, 30,000 calvary, 9000 elephants |
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| What were some of the Mauryan state operated industries? |
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| spinning and weaving, mining, ship building, armaments |
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| what did taxes in the Mauryan empire fund? |
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| trade, animal herding, land(from which a monarch claimed a quarter or more of the crops) |
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| What was Ashoka's legacy? |
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| a ruler that wanted to rule in accord to relgious values and principles of Hinduism and Buddhism |
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