Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given as follows: Capturing Elephants for the Army The Arthashastra lays down minute details of administrative and militry organisation. Guards of elephant forests, assisted by those who rear elephants , those who enchainthe legs of elephants, those who guard the boundaries, those who live in forests, as well as by those who nurse elephants , shall, with the help in tethering wild ones, trace the whereabouts of herds of elephants by following the course of urine and dung left by elephants.(iii) How does Arthashastra help in the reconstruction of the history?

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given as follows:

1.	Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given as follows: Capturing Elephants for the Army The Arthashastra lays down minute details of administrative and militry organisation. Guards of elephant forests, assisted by those who rear elephants , those who enchainthe legs of elephants, those who guard the boundaries, those who live in forests, as well as by those who nurse elephants , shall, with the help in tethering wild ones, trace the whereabouts of herds of elephants by following the course of urine and dung left by elephants.(iii) How does Arthashastra help in the reconstruction of the history?
Answer» Solution :Arthashastra is an important source forreconstruction of Mauryan HISTORY. (a) It tells us the king of that PERIOD (MAURYANS ) set the high ideals-welfare of their subjects. (B) The Arthashastra lays down minute details of administrative and military organisation and various duties of the RULER.