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Question
Make a list of the occupations of the people who lived within the Mauryan empire.
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Solution
A list of the occupations of the people who lived within the Mauryan empire:
- Trade or Commerce
- Jobs with emperor
- Crafts
- Agriculture
- Animal rearing
- Forest produce-gathering
- Hunting animals for food
- Fishing.
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