Complete the following sentences:
(a) Officials collected .................... from the area under the direct control of the ruler.
(b) Royal princes often went to the provinces as ........... .
(c) The Mauryan rulers tried to control............. and ............. which were important for trasnport.
(d) People in forested regions provided the Mauryan officials with........................................
State whether true or false:
(a) Ujjain was the gateway to the north-west.
(b) Chandragupta's ideas were written down in the Arthashastra.
(c) Kalinga was the ancient name of Bengal.
(d) Most Ashokan inscriptions are in the Brahmi script.
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.
Pandit jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, wrote : "His edicts (instructions) still speak to us in a language we can understand and we can still learn much from them,’ Identify the parts of Ashoka's message that you think are relevant today.
