Prinsep and Piyadassi

What is the meaning of the title 'Piyadassi' used by Ashoka?

Which of the following scripts was used in Ashoka's inscriptions?

What title was used by Ashoka in his inscriptions?

In which year did James Prinsep decipher the Brahmi script?

Who was the British scholar responsible for deciphering the Brahmi script?

Are any Asokan inscriptions found in the areas that were part of the Mauryan Empire?

Compare Maps 1 and 2. List the mahajanapadas that might have been included in the Mauryan Empire.

To what extent were agricultural practices transformed in the period under consideration?

Discuss the notions of kingship that developed in the post-Mauryan period.

Discuss the statement by D.C. Sircar: 'There is no aspect of life, culture, and activities of the Indians that is not reflected in inscriptions.'

Which elements of Mauryan administration are evident in the Asokan inscriptions studied?

Discuss the main features of Mauryan administration.

List some of the problems faced by epigraphists.

What differences do you notice between the list of things given to the Pandyan chief and those produced in the village of Danguna?

What similarities do you notice between the list of things given to the Pandyan chief and those produced in the village of Danguna?

Compare the list of things given to the Pandyan chief with those produced in the village of Danguna.

How do historians reconstruct the lives of ordinary people?

Discuss the evidence of craft production in Early Historic cities. How is this different from the evidence from Harappan cities?