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WHY ARE INSCRIPTIONS A VALUABLE SOURCE OF STUDY
Inscriptions compared to manuscript of texts, have advantage of durability. Hence Inscriptions are one of the most important sources of 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. 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. Inscriptions are those which help ancient historians and archeologists to obtain correct and scientific knowledge of history in a number of ways. The inscriptions clears the myth related to ancient history of India as it is regarded authentic than other sources.


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