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The term 'Sita' in the agrarian economy of the Mauryan period denoted:
A. Tax levied on commercial transactions
B. Revenue derived from crown lands cultivated under state supervision✓ Correct Answer
C. Voluntary gifts offered by tribes to the king
D. Wages paid to bonded laborers in mines
💡 Solution & Explanation
During the Mauryan period, the term Sita denoted agricultural revenue generated from crown lands that were directly cultivated under state supervision using agrarian laborers and convicts. Commercial taxes were categorized separately under terms like tolls and customs duties rather than agricultural land revenue.
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