How are
indigenous literary sources helpful in understanding the history of the medieval periods?
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Explanation:
They provide a more reliable information and insight about the life of the people of the period. These sources inform us of the administrative set up of the rulers, their theory of kingship, military achievements etc. They also reflect the state of cultural, economic, political and religious institutions.
Our sources for this period include :
Edicts ,temples and land grants, commentaries on the Dharmashastras , coins , latter Puranas such as the Bhavishya Puranas.
the records left by the Muslim historians who accomapnied the likes of Mahmud of Ghazni such as his secretary al-Utbi's memoirs.
Explanation:
They provide a more reliable information and insight about the life of the people of the period. These sources inform us of the administrative set up of the rulers, their theory of kingship, military achievements etc. They also reflect the state of cultural, economic, political and religious institutions.
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