NIS : Sources of History

2020-07-02 22:16:57

Regional languages flourished so did their literature
Banabhatta’s Harshcharita
Sandhyakaranandin’s Ramcharita also tells story of Rama Pala of Bengal
Bilhanas work Vikramdevacharita,
Padmagupta’s Navasahasankacharita
Hemachandra’s Kumarapalacharita
Prithvirajraso
Kalhan’s Rajtarangini
Bhagavata Purana and Brahmaivarta Purana, Kalika Purana
Various tirthas/pilgrimage, vratas/vows, penances, gifts and dharma of women were added to older Puranas
Upapurana emerged as a synthesis b/w Brahmanical and Non Brahmanical cultural interaction
Mathur : Hindu laws established a separate identity, they were formalised.
Chaturvimshatimata
Jimutvahana wrote Dayabhaga
Commentaries of Medatithi, Govindaraja, Kulluka on Manu Smriti.
Vijnaneshvara and Apararka wrote on Yajnavalkya smriti
Jaina works in Prakrit were in Maharashtri dialect were mostly
Devotional songs of Alvars and Nayanmars in tamil
Nandikkalambakam of king Nandivarman III
Lekhapaddati composed in Gujarat gives info about legal documents
Krishi Parashara in Bengal deals with agriculture
Mathematical text like Ganitasarasangraha of Mahaviracharya
Lilavati of Bhaskaracharya
Accounts of Xuanzang and Yijing
Arab writers like Sulaiman, Al-Masudi, Abu Zaid, AlBiduri, Ibn Haukal

Reference for Reading : [[lehs102.pdf]] [[lehs103.pdf]] [[lehs104.pdf]]