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In the administrative vocabulary of the Gupta Empire, the term 'Agrahara' referred to which of the following?
A. Land grants made exclusively to Brahmanas, usually tax-free✓ Correct Answer
B. Royal storehouses maintained in provincial headquarters
C. Military cantonments stationed along frontier borders
D. Guild halls of merchants and merchant associations
💡 Solution & Explanation
Agrahara grants represented revenue-free tracts of land or whole villages donated exclusively to Brahmanas by kings and elite patrons during the Gupta era to foster religious merit and agrarian expansion. Guild shrenis managed merchant and artisan commerce rather than royal religious endowments, while military posts were termed baladhikaranas.
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