HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Mauryan age
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Pre-Mauryan age
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Gupta age
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Post-Mauryan age
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Detailed explanation-1: -Agriculture thrived during the Gupta period as a result of the establishment of irrigation works. Aside from the state and individual cultivators, Brahmins, Buddhists, and Jain sanghas cultivated waste lands when they were given to them as religious endowments.
Detailed explanation-2: -The largest increase in the agriculture area (704 km2) was detected in the period 2000–2005, which corresponds to the largest decrease in the desert land (-726 km2), as demonstrated in Fig. 4. The expansion of agricultural areas has a more significant role than urban and water areas in reducing desert lands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Correct Option: C Nivartana was a land measure containing 400 square poles of ten cubits each, according to the Lilavati.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, Aprahata is basically referred to as woodland or field with thick and dense shrubs and trees. Information about Aprahata can be found in Amarakosha written by Amarsimha (one of the courtiers of Chandragupta II of the Gupta dynasty).