India's Ancient Past by R.S. Sharma

Author:R.S. Sharma [Sharma, R.S.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: OUP India
Published: 2006-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

Financial Crisis

The enormous expenditure on the army and payment to the bureaucracy created a financial crisis for the Maurya empire. As far as we know, in ancient times the Mauryas maintained the largest army and the largest regiment of officers. Despite the range of taxes imposed on the people, it was difficult to maintain this huge superstructure. It seems that Ashoka made large donations to the Buddhist monks which left the royal treasury empty. Towards the end, in order to meet expenses, they were obliged to melt gold images.

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