Ancient History › Trade & Economy – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Consider the following statements : I. Pali texts contain the first definite references to coins, e.g., kahapana, nikkha, kamsa, and kakanika. II. The literary evidence from Pali texts is corroborated by archaeological evidence of punch-marked coins from many sites, most of them made of silver. The above statements have been associated with which of the following ?

1. Emergence of urban life
2. Transition to money economy

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With reference to ancient South India, Korkai, Poompuhar and Muchiri were well known as

Which of the following phrases defines the nature of the ‘Hundi’ generally referred to in the sources of the post-Harsha period ?

With reference to the guilds (Shreni) of ancient India that played a very important role in the country's economy, which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Every guild was registered with the central authority of the State and the king was the chief administrative authority on them.
2. The wages, rules of work, standards and prices were fixed by the guild.
3. The guild had judicial powers over its own members.

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India maintained its early cultural contacts and trade links with Southeast Asia across the Bay of Bengal. For this pre-eminence of early maritime history of Bay of Bengal, which of the following could be the most convincing explanation/explanations ?

From the third century AD when the Hun invasion ended the Roman Empire, the Indian merchants relied more and more on the

Which one of the following was a corporation of merchants in ancient India?

The term Yavanapriya, mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts, denoted