INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The officials were divided into six committees each with a membership of five. The first committee was concerned with matters relating to industrial arts. The second occupied it with the facilities to the foreigners.

Detailed explanation-2: -Provinicial and Local Administration: important officials: Pradeshika: modern district magistrates, Sthanika: tax collecting officer under Pradeshika, Durgapala: governor of fort, Antapala: Governor of frontier, Akshapatala: Accountant general, Lipikaras: Scribes, Gopas: responsible for accountants etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -4) Board games and chess called Ashtapad was also popular.

Detailed explanation-4: -The military was divided into five sectors namely, infantry, cavalry, chariots, elephant forces, navy and transport & provisions.

Detailed explanation-5: -Arthashastra and Megasthenes accounts of Pataliputra describe the intricate municipal system formed by Maurya empire to govern its cities. A city counsel made up of thirty commissioners was divided into six committees or boards which governed the city.