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"there are limits to what epigraphy can reveal". justify with suitable arguments.

Posted by Khushi R 6 years, 7 months ago

CBSE > Class 12 > History

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Yogita Ingle 6 years, 7 months ago

i. There are technical limitation letters are very faintly engraved and thus reconstruction are uncertain.
ii. Inscription maybe damaged or letters missing.
iii. It is not always easy to be sureabout the exact meaning of the words used in inscription.
iv. Not all has been deciphered, published and translated.
v. Many inscriptions must have existed, which have not survived the ravages of time.
vi. Not everything that we may consider politically or economically significant was necessarily recorded in the inscriptions.
vii. The content of inscriptions almost invariably projects the perspective of the person who commissioned them

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Khushi R 6 years, 7 months ago

Can u tell this answers in points

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Pavneet Kaur 6 years, 7 months ago

I. There are technical limitation letters are very faintly engraved and thus reconstruction are uncertain. ii. Inscription maybe damaged or letters missing. iii. It is not always easy to be sure about the exact meaning of the words used in inscription. iv. Not all has been deciphered, published and translated. v. Many inscriptions must have existed, which have not survived the ravages of time. vi. Not everything that we may consider politically or economically significant was necessarily recorded in the inscriptions. 7. The content of inscriptions almosy inveriably projects the perspective of the person who commissioned them.

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