Question

A. Fill in the blanks.
1. The central authority in the Mauryan administration was the _______
2. Mauryan art had a strong _______
influence.
3. According to Megasthenese, Pataliputra was governed by ______
committees.
4. The _________
are inscribed on the pillars built during the Mauryan rule.
5. The __________
were punch-marked coins found in Magadha.​

Answer 1

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The most significant remains of monumental Mauryan art include the remains of the royal palace and the city of Pataliputra, a monolithic rail at Sarnath, the Bodhimandala or the altar resting on four pillars at Bodhgaya, the rock-cut chaitya-halls in the Barabar Caves near Gaya including the Sudama cave bearing the inscription dated the 12th regnal year of Ashoka, the non-edict bearing and edict bearing pillars, the animal sculptures crowning the pillars with animal and vegetal reliefs decorating the abaci of the capitals and the front half of the representation of an elephant carved out in the round from a live rock at Dhauli.[1]