5. How do temples provide information about the past?
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Temples also contain inscriptions - a lot of them, in some cases. These inscriptions are sometimes in archaic or evolving forms of South Asian languages, and they provided the base data that was used to decipher very old Indian writings. The content of the inscriptions is also important. Most of them explain various donations - what they were intended for, where they came from, what they consisted of, and who provided them. A historian can derive a lot from such information. For instance, the donation was often for the support of particular ritual activities, which gives us clues as to the historical development of Hinduism, and donation inscriptions often bear dates, as well, which help us work out more general historical developments, as well as the history of the temple. The names of villages that are given are also crucial, as the donor often gave the temple the use of resources from a particular village that can still be identified. Historians can use this as a proxy for understanding the wider socio-economic picture of ancient and medieval India. The names of the donors are also important, as we can learn who was patronizing temples - was it kings, merchants, both? Kings, for instance, often established donations after winning a major victory, which is mentioned in their inscription, thus giving us some political and military history we might not have otherwise. On occasion, members of craft guilds made donations to temples, and thus inscriptions tell us a little about the ordinary people of ancient India.
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THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT PAST BY
1.THE CONSTRUCTION OF TEMPLE
2.BY THE SCRIPTS WRITTEN ON THE ROCKS OR
WALLS OF THE TEMPLE .
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