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y stranger who, eone who was not, om Hindi the term, , sulture. erson and, a part of that society or C' such a4 P, , ap” was §, a “foreign I, , » medieval period ie, the medic I yen village: §, , 9 Oi, appeared say in a g], , ibe ;, pardesi might be used to Se therefore: a, in Persian, ajnabi.) A city-dwe “foreigner + ~~, regarded a ‘forest-dweller 28 e were not foreigners, peasants living in the same villag have had different, to each other, even though they May, religious or caste backgrounds., , * 4 pe s Cc 2g, Historians and their Source, , bout, és ces to learna, & Historians use different types of Bo their study and, , ast depending upon the per ld, = Hate of their atid. Last y eae d, you read about rulers of the oo | aot ae, Harshavardhana. In this book we will rea 3 pee, following thousand years, from roughly 700 to 1/90., , You will notice some continuity in the sources used, by historians for the study of this period. They still rely, on coins, inscriptions, architecture and textual records, for information. But there is also considerable, discontinuity. The number and variety of textual records, increased dramatically during this period. They slowly, , displaced other types of available information. Through, this period paper gradually became cheaper and more, , Loree, Compare the following:, , (1) In the middle of the thirteen, , wanted to copy a book, But he did ‘not have enough, paper. So he washed the writing off a manuscript he did, not want, dried the paper and used it, , (2) A century later, if you bought some food in the, market you could be lucky and, , wrap it for you in some paper,, ‘aaa i 3 Wh. 1W 1 x - 1, , , , th century a scholar, , OUR PASTS — II 4, , have the Shopkeeper », , widely available. Pe, chronicles of rulers, petitions and judic, accounts and taxe:, wealthy people, rule, were placed in librarj, and documents pro, historians but they, , There was no pri, copied manuscript, friend’s homework, Simple exercise. s, friend’s handwriti, written. As a resi, differences in y, Manuscript copyi, copied manuscript, —a word here, ase, grew over centurie