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Oxford Big Ideas Humanities 7 Victorian Curriculum Teacher obook assess ISBN 9780190307363
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Student book questions
14.1 Ancient India: a timeline
Pages 14.214.3
Check your learning 14.1
Remember and understand
1 What is the name for the sacred writings of Hinduism?
2 What religion is associated with a man called Siddhartha Gautama?
Apply and analyse
3 Use the timeline to calculate how many years in total the Mauryan Empire lasted.
Evaluate and create
4 Select two individuals that feature on the timeline. Conduct some Internet research to find out the
significance of these individuals to ancient India.