Megasthenes was a Greek ambassador sent by Seleucus I Nicator to the court of the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta Maurya in Pataliputra (modern Patna).
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Asked in APSC CCE Prelims Exam 2020 · Topic: Maurya Empire (Sources of Mauryan History (Literary and Archaeological))
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- Given below are two statements: Statement I : The Arthrashastra is a treatise on government and economics ascribed to Kautilya, the chief advisor of Chandragupta Maurya. Statement II : By the third century B.C. the economy of North India was predominantly agrarian. Land revenue had become the accepted source of income for the government. Kautilya refers at length to methods of tax collection and related problems. Modifications in land tax appeared to be the direct concern of the king. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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- Consider the following statements: Statement I: James Prinsep, an officer in the mint of the East India Company, deciphered Brahmi and Kharosthi scripts which were used in the earliest inscriptions and coins Statement II: James Prinsep found that most of the scripts mentioned a king referred to as Piyadassi - meaning 'pleasant to behold'
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