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Samantas donated the right to collect taxes in their area to ______.

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the poor and the marginalised
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the officers of law
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temples
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artisans
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Solution

The correct option is C temples
Samantas were local chieftains. They imposed taxes on traders who operated in markets. Sometimes they donated this right to temples.

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