CTET Notes on Social Studies Free PDF || Ashoka’s Empire
In CTET Exam, the Social Studies section comprises a total of 60 questions of 60 marks, in which 40 questions come from the content section i.e.History, Geography, and Political Science, and the rest 20 questions from the Social Studies Pedagogy section. Here, we are providing important Complete study notes on Social Studies which will be very helpful for upcoming CTET and other teaching exams.
CTET Notes on History- Ashoka’s Empire
Ashoka’s Empire
- A very big kingdom is an empire
- Ashoka’s Maurya dynasty was founded by his grandfather Chandragupta Maurya, about 2300 years ago
- Chandra gupta was supported by a wise man named Chanakya or Kautilya whose ideas are in book Arthashastra
- Chandra Gupta- Bindusara- Ashoka
There were several cities in the empire
- Pataliputra (Capital)
- Taxila – Gateway to the northwest
- Ujjain- lay on route from north to south
- Merchants, officials and crafts persons lived here
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