Question

Why are non-official literary sources important in studying the history of the colonial period?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The beliefs, traditions, customs, mores, behaviour patterns etc of the society at a particular historical period are reflected directly or indirectly in the literary works such as fiction, Drama, poetry and so on. ... Thus, literary sources are important for reconstructing the past (History).

Explanation:

literary resources are very important because they help us to know the facts about the rulers and the person who ruled that time and the person who has written that is also treated as a historian because he has or she has given a very brief of that time in in his or her book.