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(a) In what ways can the Megalithic culture be considered a foundational phase of the history of peninsular India? (15 marks)

(b) Do you think the Harappan civilization had a diversity of subsistence base? (15 marks)

(c) Discuss different interpretations of historians about the nature of Asoka’s ‘Dhamma’. Did his principle of ‘Dhamma-vijaya’ render the Mauryan Empire militaristically weak? (20 marks)