Which of the following was not one of the reasons for gradual weakening of the Mauryan finances?

(a) Need for vast revenues to maintain a huge but inactive army

(b) Need for finances to maintain a very large bureaucracy

(c) Unfavourable balance of trade with foreign countries

(d) The strain on the exchequer of Ashoka’s charitable public works

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(c) Unfavourable balance of trade with foreign countries 

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