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(a) How far is it correct to say that changes in the post-Vedic economy gave birth to new religious movements in India? (20 marks)

(b) Delineate the nature and impact of India's contact with Western Asia and the Mediterranean world during the Mauryan period. (15 marks)

(c) “Not only does ancient Tamil literature furnish an accurate picture of widely disparate classes; it also describes the social condition of Tamil country as it was.” Discuss. (15 marks)