INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Q. Which among the following was the most famous learning centre during maurya Period? Notes: Taxila was the most famous leaning centre during the Mauryas. Taxila was absorbed into the Mauryan empire founded by Chandragupta, under whom it became a provincial capital.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Maurya Empire was centralized by the conquest of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, and its capital city was located at Pataliputra (modern Patna).

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mauryan Empire was divided into four provinces with the imperial capital at Pataliputra. From Ashokan Edicts, the name of the four provincial capitals were Tosali (in the east), Ujjain in the west, Suvarnagiri (in the south), and Taxila (in the north).

Detailed explanation-4: -Many other important cities; like Taxila, Ujjain and Mathura were under this Empire. These were important centres of trade. The cities were mainly inhabited by traders. Famers and herders lived in villages.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dhauli was not the provincial capital during the reign of Ashoka. The Mauryan Empire had an efficient and centralised administrative system.