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Kinship, Caste and Class Early Societies — History STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesHistoryKinship, Caste and Class Early Societies3 Marks
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‘‘Historians consider several elements when they analyse the Mahabharata as a text.’’ Explain.
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Answer

Historians consider several elements when they analyse the Mahabharata as a text:
  • They examine the language: whether written in Prakrit, Pali or Tamil (meant for ordinary people) or in Sanskrit (meant for priests and elites).
  • Kind of Text: Whether in story form to be read, heard or retold or in the form of mantras to be learnt and chanted by ritual specialists.
  • About the Author(s): whose perspectives and ideas shaped the text. Author one or many(charioteer,bards, sutas or vyasa, ganesha).
  • Intended Audience: For whom the texts were written(authors kept the interest of their audience in mind).
  • Ascertaining the date and place of the composition/compilation of the text.

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