UPSC Prelims 2026 GS Paper I Q3 — Pali Texts, Coins and UrbanisationUPSC प्रीलिम्स 2026 GS पेपर I प्रश्न 3 — पाली ग्रंथ, सिक्के और नगरीकरण
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I. Pali texts contain the first definite references to coins, e.g., kahapana, nikkha, kamsa, and kakanika. II. The literary evidence from Pali texts is corroborated by archaeological evidence of punch-marked coins from many sites, most of them made of silver.
The above statements have been associated with which of the following?
Emergence of urban life
Transition to money economy
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निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए:
I. पाली ग्रंथों में कहापण, निक्खा, कंस और काकणिका जैसे सिक्कों के प्रथम स्पष्ट संदर्भ समाविष्ट हैं। II. पाली ग्रंथों से प्राप्त साहित्यिक साक्ष्य की पुष्टि अनेक स्थलों से प्राप्त आहत सिक्कों के पुरातात्विक प्रमाण द्वारा होती है; इनमें से अधिकांश सिक्के चाँदी के हैं।
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