Economic System of Ancient India: Maurya and Gupta Empire

ABSTRACT: From social system to almost everything of a state depends on the economic conditions of thatstate. The subject is no exception in Ancient time, as it applies today. Even in the present time economic crisisand economic recession are often observed. Also in Ancient times the economy was severely affected by thisincompetence of the rulers, epidemics, natural disasters etc. Again the issue of economic prosperity was alsoobserved. According to the division of eras, there is a scarcity of sources of knowledge about Ancient Indiabetween Ancient, Medieval and Modern Bengal. Again some sources of Ancient India have been found whichhave not been deciphered till now. That is why it is very difficult to search for information about Ancient India.Keeping in mind all kinds of limitations attempts are made to know about Ancient India. I have had to take helpfrom several books and articles to work on the current research. After reading books and articles I have tocollect information from there very carefully. After excluding and including all data from these I use thoseinformation in my research. Apart from this, information about the economic condition of that time has alsobeen collected from various coins, land deeds, copper plates etc.

Keywords: Economy, Gupta Empire, irrigation,Maurya Empire, revenue, trade and commerce