Question

Why was Chandragupta Maurya's organization of his empire considered efficient? A. His severe punishments for crimes were considered normal. B. His taxes paid for a large army and his costly life style. C. His envoys were sent on missions to neighboring kingdoms. D. He controlled every village in his empire through bureaucracy.

Answer 1

The answer is: D

Chandragupta Maurya's empire was considered one of the most efficient and organized empires the world had ever seen. This was due in part to the way the empire was organized and run.

One the ways he found to organize such a vast empire was through a highly organized centralized bureaucracy, this means that at the center of it all would be him as king and from him and from there he could delegate his administration through different departments to take care of a wide array of tasks.