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What are the problems encountered in the use of literary sources for writing ancient Indian history illustrate with examples

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The foremost PROBLEMS the credibility of the ancient literary source because the writers were patronized by royal courts and private wealthy INDIVIDUALS, therefore, we found a lack of criticism towards them.Secondly, because the writing was favored by the ELITE class, these resources lack an in-depth description of the life of common people.Therefore to RECREATE the past a historian has to not just understand the literary sources but also the context in which the source was produced.



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