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Examine the utility and limitations of indological source material to understanding of Indian Society.

  • UPSC 1993
  • Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society

Indological source material is the record India left of itself: the Vedas, Dharmashastras and Manusmriti, the Arthashastra, the Puranas and epics, the Buddhist Pali canon and Jain Agamas, Sangam poetry, inscriptions from the Ashokan edicts to temple grants, and travellers' accounts from Megasthenes to Al-Biruni. G. S. Ghurye built a sociology on it. Whether it…

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