NCERT Class 6 social studies History Our Past Seventh Chapter ‘ASHOKA THE EMPEROR WHO GAVE UP WAR’ Exercise Question Solution.
1) In the Mauryan empire, many kinds of people lives there. For the example, the people are merchants, officials, craft persons, farmers and herders etc.
2) a> Taxes, b> governors, c> Roads, rivers, d> Elephants, timber, honey and wax.
3) a> False, b> True, c> False, d> True.
4) There was a lot of problems in the empire of Ashoka. He wanted to introduce his ‘dhamma’. Because of the causing of conflicts, People who lived in the empire are followed different religious. On that era, Servants and slaves were ill-treated by their masters and also animal sacrifice. Most of the day, the quarrel happened between the civilians. That’s why Ashoka introduce his ‘dhamma’ to solve this problems.
5) Ashoka’s followers goes many places to tell about the ‘dhamma’. Ashoka also post his messages inscribed on rocks and pillars. This language is called as Prakrit. This Messages was also send to other parts of the world.
6) Yes, Slaves and servants were ill-treated. Because their masters felt superior to them. Also their masters treated them as a animal. It was happens because of the old varna system. Ashoka was a great king and also his ‘dhamma’ was a realistic innovation.