Chandragupta Maurya - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

Jainism’s schism has been dated to a 12-year famine in this ruler’s reign, during which he left his throne to his son and migrated South to become a monk. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this father of Bindusara who founded the Mauryan empire.

ANSWER: Chandragupta Maurya [or Sandrokottos or Androcottus]

[10e] Chandragupta came to power under the tutelage of Chanakya, a member of this caste who wrote the Arthashastra (“AR-thuh-shah-struh”). This priestly class is the highest in India’s caste system.

ANSWER: Brahmins [or Brahmanas]

[10h] After overthrowing Dhana Nanda, Chandragupta took this capital city of the Nanda Empire as his kingdom’s capital. This city in Magadha (“MUH-guh-duh”) later served as the seat of the Shungas (“SHOON-guhs”) and Guptas.

ANSWER: Pataliputra [or Patna]

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Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	14.44	89%	56%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	16.67	92%	75%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	11.11	89%	22%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	14.44	78%	56%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	100%	63%	38%
South Central	Main	Y	7	8.57	71%	14%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	15.38	92%	54%	8%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	10.00	60%	40%	0%

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Claremont A	Claremont B	10	10	0	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCSD A	0	10	10	20
USC A	UCLA A	0	10	0	10
UCLA B	UCLA D	0	10	0	10
UCSD B	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	USC B	10	10	0	20
UCLA F	UC Irvine	10	10	0	20
Carleton B	Carleton A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa B	McGill C	10	10	10	30
McGill E	Ottawa C	0	10	0	10
Ottawa D	Ottawa A	10	10	0	20
McGill B	McGill A	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	McMaster B	10	10	0	20
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Toronto F	Queen's A	10	10	0	20
Toronto A	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	McMaster A	10	10	0	20
Toronto G	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
Brock A	Toronto H	0	0	0	0
Waterloo A	Toronto D	0	10	0	10
Waterloo B	Waterloo C	0	10	0	10
Florida A	Florida B	0	10	0	10
Florida State A	South Florida A	0	10	0	10
UCF A	Florida Tech A	0	10	0	10
Florida Tech B	ERAU Daytona A	0	0	0	0
CWRU A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Louisville A	CWRU B	10	10	0	20
CWRU D	Ohio State B	10	10	0	20
Kentucky	Louisville D	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Michigan State A	10	10	0	20
Louisville B	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
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UNC B	VCU A	0	10	0	10
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William & Mary B	William & Mary C	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	George Mason A	0	10	0	10
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UNC A	NCSU A	10	10	0	20
Iowa A	Chicago A	0	10	0	10
Chicago B	Illinois Urbana	10	10	0	20
Illinois Champaign	Illinois Blue	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Illinois Canada	10	10	10	30
Purdue C	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
Purdue B	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Rose-Hulman A	William Woods University A	10	0	0	10
Indiana B	WashU Grizzlers	0	10	0	10
Purdue D	WashU Grolars	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Macalester	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin C	Minnesota	0	10	0	10
Tufts C	Amherst B	0	10	0	10
MIT A	Boston College A	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Brandeis Bach	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
Brown B	Dartmouth B	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth A	Vermont B	10	10	0	20
Harvard	Williams C	0	10	0	10
MIT B	Brandeis Beethoven	10	10	0	20
UConn A	Tufts B	10	10	0	20
Brandeis Mozart	Williams B	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin B	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin A	St. Thomas	10	10	0	20
Alberta A	Washington Steelhead	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	Washington Coho	10	10	0	20
Boise State	Washington Masu	10	10	10	30
British Columbia A	Texas	0	10	0	10
British Columbia B	Washington Atlantic	0	10	0	10
Washington Chum	British Columbia C	10	10	0	20
Washington Pink	Washington Sockeye	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Washington State	10	10	10	30
Kansas State A	Central Oklahoma B	0	10	0	10
Kansas State B	Rose State	0	0	0	0
Nebraska C	Murray State College B	0	10	0	10
Nebraska B	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	0	10
Murray State College A	Oklahoma	10	0	0	10
Tulsa A	Nebraska A	0	10	0	10
Tulsa B	Harding	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Chipola College	10	10	0	20
Clemson B	Clemson C	10	10	0	20
Georgia A	Tennessee Tech	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech F	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Georgia Tech C	10	10	0	20
Montevallo	Georgia Tech D	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee B	Sewanne	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt B	Vanderbilt C	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Mississippi State A	0	0	0	0
Durham D	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
Sheffield A	Durham B	0	0	0	0
York	Edinburgh D	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh C	Durham C	0	10	0	10
Southampton	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Cambridge D	Bristol	0	10	0	10
Imperial B	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
LSE	Imperial C	0	10	10	20
Imperial D	Cambridge E	10	10	0	20
Oxford	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Cardiff	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Binghamton C	Cornell B	10	0	0	10
Cornell A	ESF	0	10	0	10
RIT B	Cornell D	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	RIT A	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	0	0	0
Warwick	Imperial A	0	10	0	10