ATTEMPT · ANCIENT HISTORY · PRELIMS 2016
With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorizing of chronicles, dynastic histories and Epictal…
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With reference to the cultural history of India, the memorizing of chronicles, dynastic histories and Epictales was the profession of which of the following?
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• Maagadha was a professional class of bards and chroniclers who memorized and recited dynastic histories, vamshavalis, and Itihasa-Puranas.
• Shramana refers to ascetics; Parivraaj to wandering mendicants; Agrahaarika to administrators of Brahmin land grants.
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