Question

why are inscripition are move valuable than literary source​

Answer 1

Answer:

• The inscriptions are royal charters issued by kings in authority.

• They are well dated and considered as the most accurate sources.

• The inscriptions tells us about the geneologies of King, his achievements etc.

• Some inscriptions tells about the grants and donations.

• The names of donors and the donees are clearly mentioned in the grants.

• The study of inscriptions is called as "Epigraphy".

• They are more authentic, thus they are more valuable than literary sources.

• Some examples of inscriptions are:

1. Aihole inscription

2. Allahabad Pillar Inscription

3. Draksharamam inscription etc...

• Hence, we can tell that inscriptions are more valuable than literary sources.

Answer 2

Answer:Inscriptions are considered an important source of history because the can provide an extra information related to historical places or materials. They can be written on rocks, stones, barks of the tree,etc

As,it gives us information more than the literary resources but they all consider as a valuable information of those age.