Question

explain the importance of literary sources for the sultanate period. which other sources tells us about this period in short

Answer 1

basically,
it is written in the NCRT textbook, be sure to check that... but for now,
literary sources tell us about what all happened in the past,
and so they are a very important source which historians dont want to let go of...

Answer 2

accounts of travellers and court chronicles are the most valuable sources of information for this period 
2. Ibn Batuta and Marco Polo visited India and wrote about the conditions at that time
3.ZIAD UD DIN BARANI SHAMS AS SIRAJ AFIF have given a detailed account of the court proceedings and details about the personal and the public life of the sultans
4. other sources which tell us about the sultanate period are 
coins 
inscriptions
monuments