12th Class History Solved Paper - History 2017 Delhi Set-I

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    Explain the sources used by historians to reconstruct the history of the Mauryan Empire.

    Answer:

    Variety of sources have been uoee1 w historians to reconstruct the history of the Mauryan Empire. There Megasthenes who was a greek ambassador to the court of Chandragupta Maurya. Another source which is used, is the Arth Shastra, parts of which were probably composed by Kautilya or Chanakya, minister of Chandragupt Maurya, The maurayans are also mentioned later on by Buddhist, Jaina and Puranic literature as well as in Sanskrit literature.
                The other valuable sources are the inscription, of Ashoka Chakra on rocks and pillars.


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