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Rulers were told to collect taxes from which groups?Read the answer and worked solution →How were raids on neighbouring states viewed?Read the answer and worked solution →Magadha, which became the most powerful mahajanapada, lay in the region of which present-day state?Read the answer and worked solution →Iron mines that gave Magadha resources for tools and weapons lay in which present-day state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which animal, found in Magadha's forests, was an important component of its army?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajagaha, the first capital of Magadha, is the Prakrit name for which present-day town?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city on the Ganga later became the Magadhan capital, commanding routes of communication?Read the answer and worked solution →The Mauryan Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya in about which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Chandragupta Maurya's control reached the northwest up to where?Read the answer and worked solution →Asoka conquered Kalinga, which lies in the coastal part of which present-day state?Read the answer and worked solution →Megasthenes, whose account survives in fragments, was an ambassador at whose court?Read the answer and worked solution →Parts of the Arthashastra were probably composed by whom, traditionally the minister of Chandragupta?Read the answer and worked solution →During which period did Asoka reign?Read the answer and worked solution →What was new about Asoka's way of sending messages?Read the answer and worked solution →Which principle was part of Asoka's dhamma?Read the answer and worked solution →Which city was a provincial centre of the Mauryan Empire along with Ujjayini, Tosali and Suvarnagiri?Read the answer and worked solution →Suvarnagiri, literally the golden mountain, was possibly important for tapping gold mines in which present-day state?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were Taxila and Ujjayini chosen as provincial centres?Read the answer and worked solution →Where was Mauryan administrative control likely to be strongest?Read the answer and worked solution →How many subcommittees were in the military committee mentioned by Megasthenes?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Rulers were told to collect taxes from which groups?

  1. Monks and nuns in monasteries
  2. Brahmanas and temple teachers
  3. Foreign envoys and visitors
  4. Cultivators, traders and artisans
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Correct answer: D. Cultivators, traders and artisans

Norms laid down for rulers told them to draw taxes and tribute from cultivators, traders and artisans.

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How were raids on neighbouring states viewed?

  1. A lawful way to gain wealth
  2. A crime punished by the gana
  3. A religious sin for rulers
  4. A duty only of common men
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Correct answer: A. A lawful way to gain wealth

Raids on neighbours were recognised as a lawful way for a state to gain wealth.

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Magadha, which became the most powerful mahajanapada, lay in the region of which present-day state?

  1. Gujarat
  2. Bihar
  3. Odisha
  4. Punjab
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Correct answer: B. Bihar

Magadha lay in present-day Bihar, where productive farmland and nearby resources helped it grow.

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