Question

Q13.“Colonial administrators found „vernacular‟ novels a valuable source of information

on native life and customs.” Prove the statement by giving three evidences.

Answer 1

1. Such I information was useful for them in governing Indian society, with its large variety of communities and castes.

2. The new novels in Indian languages often had descriptions of domestic life.

3. They showed how people dressed, their forms of religious worship, their beliefs and practices, and so on.

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