pyq/2021/history-optional-i/3

(a) Will it be proper to consider the megaliths to represent a single, homogeneous or contemporaneous culture? What kind of material life and cultural system is revealed in the megalithic cultures? (15 marks)

(b) How would you characterize the nature of Mauryan state on the basis of Kautilya’s Arthashastra? (20 marks)

(c) How did the Varnashrama Dharma manifest the increasing social complexities in the Gupta and post-Gupta period arising from social and economic developments? (15 marks)