Question

Which of the following sources give information about the Mauryan period ? *​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The complete question is:

Which of the following sources give information about the Mauryan period? a) Arthshastra b) Indica c) Mudraraksha d) all of the above

All the above provide information about the Mauryan period.

• Information about the Mauryan period can be obtained from two main sources-

1. Literary - includes Arthshastra, Mudraraksha, Indica, Puranas and Buddhist literatures.
2. Archaeological - Ashoka's edicts(in the form of rock, pillar and inscriptions in caves) silver and copper coins, inscriptions, etc.

• Arthshastra was written by Chanakya or Kautilya, Indica by Megasthenes, and Mudraraksha by Vishakhadatta and all the three give us accounts of the Mauryan history.