FERGUSSON COLLEGE

ANCIENT HISTORY

NAME – VEDANTI SHINDE

CLASS – SYBA ‘D’
ROLLNO – 215917
Q.1 Imagine you are any one of the following living in a
particular time period and region in Ancient India.

1. Soldier
2. Peasant
3. Ironsmith
4. Merchant
5. Administrative officer
6. Or any other of your choice 

Describe one day in your life. Include the things which

are stable, and constant and the things which are
changing. What are your reactions to it. ?How do you
perceive the ruler? 
The time period and region should be anyone from our
syllabus.

New day new challenges. As you all know I was selected

as dhamma mahamatta a month before .
The Dhamma Mahamatta were officers who were
supposed to look after the interests of people from all
religions and also spread the message of Dhamma
Ashoka defines the main principles of dhamma as
nonviolence, tolerance of all sects and opinions,
obedience to parents, respect for the Brahmans and other
religious teachers and priests, liberality toward friends,
humane treatment of servants, and generosity toward all.
These suggest a general ethic of behavior to which no
religious or  social group could object. They also could
act as a focus of loyalty to weld together the diverse
strands that made up the empire. Interestingly, the Greek
versions of these edicts
translate dhamma as eusebeia (piety), and no mention is
made in the inscriptions of the teachings of the Buddha,
which would be expected if Ashoka had been propagating
Buddhism. His own activities under the impact
of dhamma included attention to the welfare of his
subjects, the building of roads and rest houses, the
planting of medicinal herbs, the establishment of centres

for tending the sick, a ban on animal sacrifices, and the

curtailing of killing animals for food.

Today’s challenge is big now the real efforts should take

place. As you all know Mauryan society is divided into
seven groups, or castes. These included philosophers,
farmers, soldiers, herdsmen, artisans, judges, and
councillors. Monks, priests, and teachers belonged to the
philosopher caste.
My duty is to spread Dhamma message among techitai
that is artisans.
After talking to them I was able to see a new excitement
on their faces, a new energy to learn something.
Somewhere it gave me a kind of satisfaction that I was
able to do my job perfectly. The trust and belief King
Ashoka had on me, I was able to achieve it .

Tomorrow is again a big day again with new challenges .

If I am successful tomorrow also then there are chances
that king may sent me to Sri Lanka for spreading dhamma
principles.