explain how the study of inscription help in the reconstruction of india history
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The greatest handicap in the treatment of history of ancient India, both political and cultural, is the absence of a definite chronology.
The literary genius of India, so fertile and active in almost all branches of study, was somehow not applied to chronicling the records of kings and the rise and fall of the states.

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Ancient India did not produce historians like Herodotus and Thucydides of Greece or Levy of Rome and Turkish historian Al-beruni. We have a sort of history in the Puranas. Though encyclopedic in contents, the Puranas provide dynastic history up to the beginning of the Gupta rule.
They mention the places where the events took place and sometimes discuss their causes and effects. Statements about events are made in future tense, although they were recorded much after the happening of the events. Thus inscriptions and coins become very important to reconstruct early Indian history.
The literary genius of India, so fertile and active in almost all branches of study, was somehow not applied to chronicling the records of kings and the rise and fall of the states.

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Ancient India did not produce historians like Herodotus and Thucydides of Greece or Levy of Rome and Turkish historian Al-beruni. We have a sort of history in the Puranas. Though encyclopedic in contents, the Puranas provide dynastic history up to the beginning of the Gupta rule.
They mention the places where the events took place and sometimes discuss their causes and effects. Statements about events are made in future tense, although they were recorded much after the happening of the events. Thus inscriptions and coins become very important to reconstruct early Indian history.
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In the following ways, the study of inscription assists in the reconstruction of Indian history:
1. The dates and names of rulers mentioned on the inscription tell us about the ruler and the time period in which the inscription was inscribed.
2. It tells about various contemporary rulers as well; as inscriptions were also inscribed after a ruler achieved victory over other rulers of the time.
3. Some inscriptions, for instance, Ashokan inscriptions, gives us information about the political, administrative, social, economic and religious condition of the empire.
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