Name any two welfare activities Ashoka implemented after the Kalinga War.

What percentage of taxes was levied on sold goods?

Read the following excerpt and answer the questions that follow:

"The Arthashastra is the first South Asian text which offers a theory of the State as being composed of seven constituent elements."

(Source: https://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/64794/1/Unit16.pdf)

(a) Who wrote the Arthashastra, and why is it considered important for the study of the Mauryan period?

(b) Mention two subjects covered in the Arthashastra.

What does Megasthenes account reveal about Pataliputra?