Arthasastra Discusses Officer Cash Salary
The question asks to identify the earliest text that proposed paying cash salaries to government officers.
The Arthasastra, an ancient Indian treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military strategy, attributed to Kautilya (or Chanakya), is renowned for its comprehensive coverage of administrative practices.
This text provides detailed accounts of:
- The structure of the state administration.
- Revenue collection methods.
- Expenditure management, including the explicit mention of salaries paid to various officials in cash (rupya).
While other texts like Manu Smriti, Kamandaka Nitisara, and Nitivakyamrita also discuss aspects of governance and law, the Arthasastra is considered the seminal work that first systematically detailed the practice of fixed cash payments as salaries for state officers.
Therefore, the Arthasastra is the correct answer.
Important Questions from Ancient History
- Choose the correct statements from the following:
A. Islamic domination affected the northern languages and literatures more profoundly and
gave India a new literary language, Urdu.
B. British colonial domination affected the upper layers of Indian society and gave India a
literary language, Indo-English.
C. Some languages such as Sanskrit, Persian and English have been the languages of Political
domination.
D. Anant is the symbol of space in Hindu iconography.
E. The great Indian epic Ramayana was also called Jaya which was itihasa of a king's triumph
in a war.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - Arrange the following Literary Languages chronologically according to their history:
A. Marathi
B. Tamil
C. Oriya
D. Kannada
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - Arrange the following in a chronological order:
A. Bhamaha
B. Abhinavagupta
C. Anandavardhana
D. Hemachandra
E. Dandina
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: - The Pali epic Padyachudamani was written around twelfth century by
- Choose the correct statements on Apabhransa from the following.
A. Primarily, it meant a sub-standard or a corrupt speech.
B. Dandin described it as a dialect of the Abhiras (the cow herds) raised to the literary status.
C. It was recognized as a literary language by scholars like Anandavardhana.
D. Modern linguists have not identified any phonological and morphological features in it.
E. Apabhransa was not prevalent in the whole of India.
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