24. What is inscriptions? How did it open the doors of history?
25. Assess the dating of Mahabharat and its historical authenticity.
Discuse the court activities of Akhar.
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Answer:
ans 1) Inscriptions usually refer to carved writings on historic stones and walls. They depict the time when early civilizations existed. They often describe the life of a ruler, his kingdom, his people, his architecture, etc. So, it would not be wrong to say that inscriptions open the door of history.
ans 2) The Akbarnama, which translates to Book of Akbar, the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor (r. 1556–1605), commissioned by Akbar himself by his court historian and biographer, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, called one of the "nine jewels in Akbar's court" by Mughal writers.
Explanation:
(24) Inscriptions usually refer to carved writings on historic stones and walls. They depict the time when early civilizations existed. They often describe the life of a ruler, his kingdom, his people, his architecture, etc. So, it would not be wrong to say that inscriptions open the door of history.
(25) Broadly speaking, the composition of the Mahabharata has been dated between c. 400 BCE and c. 400 CE – although some historians ascribe a much shorter period of just 150 years, from the mid-second century BCE to the year zero, while others believe that it could have even been written over a thousand year period.