INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The function of Samaharta in the administration of Mauryan Empire was to collect revenue. He is placed in the revenue department of the kingdom and is responsible for revenue management and collection.

Detailed explanation-2: -The revenue department chief was called Samharta.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, the correct answer is Option C. Samaharta or Collector General. Note:-The Mauryan Empire was divided into four administrative divisions with the name of the four provincial capitals, Tosali, Ujjain, Suvarnagiri, and Taxila.

Detailed explanation-4: -Revenue collection was the responsibility of a collector-general (samaharta) who was also in charge of exchequer that he was, in effect, like a minister of finance. He had to supervise all the provinces, fortified towns, mines, forests, trade routes and others, which were the sources of revenue.