Which of the following is not one of the sources for determining the geographical extent of the Mauryan empire during the reign of Ashoka?

(a) Ashoka annexed Kalinga to the Mauryan empire in 261 BC. Though Ashoka abandoned the policy of physical occupation in favour of policy of cultural conquest after the Kalinga War,...

(a) Brahaman

(c) Mauryan period 

The Right option is :(d) Taxila

(c) Paternal despotism 

(d) Absence of national consciousness and representatitive institutions

The Right option is :(c) Both (a) and (b) above

(b) Tamralipti, the principal port of the area, was one of the most important maritime centres during the Mauryan period 

(d) All of them

(a) Kumaragupta I