Answer: agriculture

Explanation:

During the Mauryan rule, the ' Sitadhyakshas' were the superintendents or officials, who were in charge of agriculture.They were highly skilled and experienced in the field of agriculture and were appointed by the ' Amatyas' who were the highest in administrative or judicial echelons of the king.

Answer: Chandragupta Maurya

Explanation:

Megasthenes, a Greek historian visited India in the reign of Chandragupta Maurya in the 4th century B.C. Megasthenes was an ancient Greek historian, diplomat and Indian ethnographer and explorer in the Hellenistic period. He described India in his book Indika, which is now lost, but has been partially reconstructed from the writings of the later authors.

Answer: Kautilya

Explanation:

The Arthashastra is the title of a handbook for running an empire, written by Kautilya (also known as Chanakya, c. 350-275 BCE) an Indian statesman and philosopher, chief advisor and Prime Minister of the Indian Emperor Chandragupta, the first ruler of the Mauryan Empire

Answer: Maurya Empire

Explanation:

Barabar Caves belongs to the Mauryan Empire. Dasharatha Maurya built these caves. It is located in Makhdumpur region of jehanabad district of Bihar.

Answer: Muvendavelan

Explanation:

Vajapeya is a Soma Yajna, which involves minor animal sacrifice. It is performed by the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas and is one of the greatest Soma yajnas of its kind. Rajasuya (Imperial Sacrifice or the king's inauguration sacrifice) is a Srauta ritual of the Vedic religion. It is a consecration of a king. Ashvamedha is a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the ?rauta tradition of Vedic religion. It was used by ancient Indian kings to prove their imperial sovereignty in which a horse accompanied by the king's warriors would be released to wander for a period of one year. Muvendavelan was a prominent military officer for a king of the Chola Throne.

Answer: Mauryan Empire

Explanation:

The Barabar Caves, the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, mostly belong to the Mauryan Empire.The Barabar caves are in the Barabar hills, in Jehanabad District of Bihar. These caves were built during the reign of Asoka and his grandson Dasharatha.

Answer: Pataliputra

Explanation:

The first famous king of the Gupta dynasty was Ghatotkacha's son Chandragupta I. He married Kumaradevi, the daughter of the chief of the Licchavis. This marriage was a turning point in the life of Chandragupta I. He got Pataliputra in dowry from the Licchavis.

Answer: Pallichchhandam- land donated to Jaina institutions

Explanation:

With reference to the Chola inscriptions: Shalabhoga was land for the maintenance and the management of schools. Vellanvagai was land for non-Brahmins, peasant proprietors. Brahmadeya was a tax free land gift, either in form of single plot or whole villages donated to Brahmanas in early medieval India.