Question

In the revenue department of Mauryas, who among the following was in-charge of the collection of all revenues in the empire?
[A] Sannidhatri
[B] Pradeshta
[C] Yukta
[D] Samahatra

Answer 1

Samahatra 
Mauryan administration Samaharta  chancellor of the exchequer; responsible for the collection of revenue. The Revenue Department had Samharta who was incharge of the collection of all revenues in the empire.

Answer 2

In the revenue departments of Mauryas, the Samahatra was the one in charge of the collection of all revenues in the empire. Thus, the answer will be option D, Samahatra.

• The Mauryan Empire was an iron age empire based in the Magadha region in the present-day Indian state of Bihar.
• It was geographically extensive and culturally and economically complex and rich.
• The office of the chief collector in the Mauryan Empire was called the Samahatra. He was responsible for the collection of all revenue in the empire.
• The Pradeshta was a junior officer in the revenue department in the Mauryan Empire.
• The Yukta was a subordinate revenue officer in the Mauryan Empire.
• The Sannidhatri was the office of the treasurer in the Mauryan Empire. He was the one who kept the accounts of the revenue department.
• Thus, In the revenue departments of Mauryas, the Samahatra was the one in charge of the collection of all revenues in the empire.

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