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Assess the Lekhapaddhati as an important source for evaluating the society and economy of the thirteenth century CE with special reference to Gujarat.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Society, Culture and Economy in the 13th and 14th Centuries

The Lekhapaddhati is an anonymous thirteenth-century Gujarat compilation whose value as a historical source lies precisely in its unusual, non-narrative form.

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