The Collapse of the Mauryan Empire Led to

question 34

Multiple Choice

The collapse of the Mauryan Empire led to

• A) a Dark Age of material hardship and cultural decline.
• B) widespread civil wars.
• C) a period of continuing economic and cultural development.
• D) mass abandonment of the roads and towns the empire had helped build.
• E) a campaign of persecution against Central Asian nomads.

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