I will try and answer a very complex question, and by no means is this answer definitive. Due the process of industrialization (the move from an agrarian socioeconomic model to goods, manufacturing, and services model) makes for a very capital intensive model. Part of that. The dependency on fossil fuels such as petroleum/oil (as well as the energy policies of nation states) leads to secure resources through not only diplomacy. This is a world of limited resources, and fear of resource depletion is a powerful incentive.
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There is not one "correct" answer to this question, as the relative value of each contribution of the Maurya and Gupta empires is a matter of opinion, and the ranking is subjective. Therefore, this answer should be considered an example. The main purpose of the question is to properly justify your opinion.
I think that the best ranking of the innovations from most important to least is:
1. Gupta number system: The Gupta number system is likely to be the most important development of these empires. This is because the number system was the basis for the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. In turn, this is the basis of our current decimal system. Therefore, it had a lasting historical impact.
2. Mauryan Rock Edicts: The Rock Edicts were law codes that were displayed in public places. These were important because they ensured that the rule of law was maintained. A lawful society is better organized and more peaceful, which allows it to reach a higher level of development.
3. Mauryan tax code: Taxes allowed the Mauryan empire to complete many projects that benefited society, such as roads, waterways and canals. They also increased the power of the government and the empire.
4. Gupta hospitals: While hospitals were a very important development, they mostly benefitted the individual, and did not play such an important role in the culture at large.
Henry Cabot Lodge was one of the best informed statesmen of his time, he was an excellent parliamentarian, and he brought to bear on foreign questions a mind that was at once razor sharp and devoid of much of the moral cant that was so typical of the age....[Yet] Lodge never made the contributions he should have made, largely because of Lodge the person. He was opportunistic, selfish, jealous, condescending, supercilious, and could never resist calling his opponent's spade a dirty shovel. Small wonder that except for Roosevelt and Root, most of his colleagues of both parties disliked him, and many distrusted him
