What role did economic prosperity play in the success of the Mauryan and Gupta empires?
What will be an ideal response?
Describe what kind of trade the Mauryan and Gupta practiced, and what role the state played in that trade. What was the attitude of the Mauryans and Gupta to taxation? Give examples of what the each of the states did with the taxes they collected. How did economics tie India to other states in Europe, Central Asia, and China?
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