Question

What are the limitation in the study of ancient indian history

Answer 1

Answer:

Ancient texts do not always provide direct representation of the past society. Rather the contemporary literary sources are complex and information needs to be skillfully teased out.

There are various limitations of the ancient literary sources.Such as-

There are chances of manuscripts often being damaged by the ravages of time,and lots of informations are lost. The context of the text are not known to us, thus the significance and authenticity is questionable. Ancient texts often suffer inter polations as many of them were initially carried down through oral traditions and written down much later.The author and its patron might have created biase.