1. Make a list of the occupations of the people who lived within the Mauryan empire.
Answer:
The following:
- Merchants
- Official
- craft Persons
- Farmer
- Hunter gathers
- Herder
2. Complete the following sentences:
(a) Officials collected —tax and tribute——————— from the area under the direct control of the ruler.
(b) Royal princes often went to the provinces as ——governor—
(c) The Mauryan rulers tried to control ———rivers—————and ————roads———— which were important for transport.
(d) People in forested regions provided the Mauryan officials with —elephants, timbers, honey, and wax.———————
3. State whether true or false:
(a) Ujjain was the gateway to the north-west. ( False)
(c) Chandragupta’s ideas were written down in the Arthashastra. ( False)
(d) Kalinga was the ancient name of Bengal. ( False)
(e) Most Ashokan inscriptions are in the Brahmi script. ( True)
4. What were the problems that Ashoka wanted to solve by introducing dhamma?
Answer:
The following problems wanted to solve:
- Quarrel with family and neighbors
- Ill-treatment of slave and servant
- Conflict between community
5. What were the means adopted by Ashoka to spread the message of dhamma?
Answer:
- Messages were inscribed in pillar and rocks surface and instructing his office to read for those who could not read.
- Ashoka sent a messenger to Syria, Egypt, Greece, and Sri Lanka.
- He built roads, wells, medical treatment, and a resthouse for all.
6. Why do you think slaves and servants were ill-treated? Do you think the orders of the emperor would have improved their condition? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
- Because that time master treated slaves and servants as property to own which leads to ill-treated. Definitely, their condition would have improved for a temporary period.
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