UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2021 · Q4(a) · 15 marks
“The political and economic needs of rulers, combined with economic and status needs of the merchant class, together provided the receptive cultural milieu in which Buddhism flourished,” Comment.
- Chapter
- Period of Mahajanapadas
- Topic
- Rise of Heterodox Sects
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