How did Asoka's government reflect central control? Were his ideas of universal rule and uniform justice put into practice? Why or why not?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Methods and means of Asoka's government reflected central control
1. peasants paid a quarter of their produce in tax directly to the king
2. army leaders received pay in cash, rather than being given a share of royal power
3. a hands-on ruler that "received reports at all times"
B. Challenges to universal rule and uniform justice
1. India was already becoming a caste society
a. social rank was inherited, unchangeable, and made sacred by religious sanctions
2. women's roles limited
a. Pre-Buddhist literature treated women as if they were imperfectly human
b. Buddhism admitted them to one form of high status as nuns but few other occupations were open to them
c. state-run weaving shops for unmarriageable women
d. female bodyguards to the king because women's social exclusion made them trustworthy
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