How did the gupta empire compare in terms of political organization to the Maurya empire?
a) their domains were not nearly as large, nor ddi they exercise such centralized control over the petty states
b) the gupta empire was much larger than the Mauryan and also more centralized
c) the gupta empire was based on the concept of linked city states unlike the republican basis of the mauryan empire
d) the gupta emperors possessed a much more professionalized bureaucracy on the model of the chinese scholar gentry
Answer: c) the gupta empire was based on the concept of linked city states unlike the republican basis of the mauryan empire
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