Write the importance of inscription ?
Answers
Answer:
Inscriptions compared to manuscript of texts, have advantage of durability. Hence Inscriptions are one of the most important sources of Indian history especially of ancient times. The inscriptions throw a sudden light and provide magnificent information about the time, place and situation connected with the inscriptions. In the absence of contemporary historical writings, the inscription stands out as a reliable source for the knowledge of political history as well as socio
–
economic history of ancient times. But the question arises that
what are inscriptions
? For a common man any writing related to ancient Indian history found on stone objects, pillars and plates are known as inscriptions. But for people who are engaged in the field for knowing the past, for them inscriptions are not only any writing found on different subjects, forms and materials. For any Ancient historian inscriptions are those which help ancient historians and archeologists to obtain correct and scientific knowledge of history in a number of ways. According to J. J. Fleet , the inscriptions clears the myth related to ancient history of India as it is regarded authentic than other sources . Most of the inscriptions in ancient India were issued by kings or royal patrons and the inscriptions were mainly written by court poets in praise of the ruling elite (e.g. -: the Allahabad Pillar Inscription, written by Harisena, court poet of Samudragupta).
Answer:
Inscriptions are the writings on the stones, metals, or some materials as some important historical source. They are the valuable historical evidences of the existence and activities of early kings and empires. they also provide religious detailed practices.