Choose the correct Answer:

(i) Coins as a medium of exchange were introduced for the first time in the Sangam Age.

(ii) Prakrit was the language used by the common people in Northern India during the Mauryan period.

(iii) Vienna Papyrus, a Roman document, mentions trade related to Muziri.

(iv) The concept of Thinai is presented in the Tamil grammar work of Pathupaattu.

(b) is the answer because (ii) is correct.

• The language Prakrit was the language spoken in Mauryan period

• It was used in northern and central India.

• This language was formed out of Sanskrit language.

• Texts were written in these languages date from around 3rd century BC to the 8th century AD or afterward.

(a) is incorrect because (i) is wrong.

The first coins were developed in Anatolia during iron age around 6th or 7th century B.C. The first known currency was created by King Alyattes in Lydia in 600BC.

(c) is not the answer because (i) is correct, but (ii) is incorrect.

(d) is not the answer because (iii) is incorrect.

Vienna papyrus was used in transactions in Muziri. But it was for loan-related transactions. Not for included trade-related transactions in muziri.