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Discuss the main features of Mauryan administration. Which of these elements are evident in the Asokan inscriptions that you have studied?
Ans: The main features of Mauryan administration are as follows :
- There were five major political centres in the empire i.e., the capital Pataliputra and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri.
- The communication system existed along both land and riverine routes. It was very vital for the existence of the empire.
- As the journeys from the centre to the provinces could have taken a long time, there was arrangement for provisions as well as protection for the travellers,
- The Mauryans kept a large army. Magasthenes mentions a committee with six subcommittees for coordinating military activity which were as mentioned below :
- One to look after the navy;
- The second for management of transport and provisions;
- The third was responsible for foot soldiers;
- The fourth for horses;
- The fifth for chariots;
- The sixth for elephants.
The element that there were five major political centres in the empire – the capital Pataliputra, and the provincial centres of Taxila, Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri – all have been mentioned in the Asoka’s inscriptions.
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6. Describe some of the distinctive features of Mohenjodaro.
8. Discuss how archaeologists reconstruct the past.
9. Discuss the functions that may have been performed by rulers in Harappan society.
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5. List some of the problems faced by epigraphists.
8.Discuss the notions of kingship that developed in the post-Mauryan period
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