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Write short essay of not more than 200 words: The Maurya policy of regulating and controlling economic activities.

  • UPSC 1990
  • Mauryan Empire

The Mauryan state, on the strength of the Arthashastra and Megasthenes, is conventionally read as exercising tight regulation over produce and resources through a dense network of superintendents (adhyakshas).

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