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1.What are the similarities and differences between Ganasangha and monarchy? 2.Did the mauryan empire decay because the distant areas were controlled from a centralised place, instead of controlling them through a decentralised administrative system?

Monarchy

Supreme power is bestowed on an individual and it can be absolute or nominal. The ‘head of state’ of a land with this kind of government often holds the title for life or until abdication. The leader, who is called a monarch, is wholly set apart from all other members of the state. The monarch typically makes all the law and decisions (legislative, judicial, and executive).

 Gana Sangha

Power was vested in the hands of small families and only they participated in the governance. The office of the head of the clan was not hereditary in nature and was known as the chief. The social and political power also rested in the hands of the chiefs who presided over the assemblies. Ownership of the land area was in the hands of the clan but the land was cultivated by the dasa-karmakara or the slaves.


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