The Rudradaman Inscription is a significant historical source, notably mentioning the Sudarsan lake and associated structures.
The inscription details that a dam was built across the Sudarsan lake. This engineering feat was undertaken primarily to facilitate and improve the water supply to the surrounding countryside, supporting agriculture and the local population.
Historical consensus, supported by the details within the Rudradaman Inscription itself (which chronicles repairs and maintenance over time), attributes the original construction of the dam and lake infrastructure to the reign of:
Although the inscription was issued during Rudradaman's time and mentions repairs undertaken by him and others (like Pushyamitra Shunga and Kanishka), the foundational work of building the dam for water management dates back to Chandragupta Maurya's rule.
Morgenthau's principles of political realism are:
A. Politics is rooted in permanent and unchanging human nature which is basically self centred, self-regarding and self-interested
B. Politics is an autonomous sphere of action and cannot therefore be reduced to morals
C. International Politics is an arena of conflicting self-interests
D. The ethics of international relations is situational ethics which is very different from private morality
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Who among the following political thinkers consider the anarchical self help system to be a compelling factor for States to maximise their relative power positions?