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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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Question 3
UPSCHistory2026Prelims GS Paper ISeries A
Subject / विषय: History

Consider the following statements:

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?

  1. Emergence of urban life
  2. Transition to money economy

Select the answer using the code given below:

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।

उपर्युक्त कथन निम्नलिखित में से किनसे संबद्ध हैं?

  1. शहरी जीवन के उद्भव से
  2. मुद्रा अर्थव्यवस्था की ओर संक्रमण से

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