Sources of Studying the History of Ancient India — HISTORY STD 11 Arts — Question

The two epics "Ramayana" and "Mahabharata" are considered to be very important basic tools to know the history of Aryans in the post-Vedic period.

• These two epics are the "national wealth" of India.
• The Ramayana depicts the Aryan conquest march from north to south. It also depicts the conflict between the Aryan and non-Aryan cultures and the conventions of those two cultures.
• In the Mahabharata, there is a history of conflict between Aryavarta and his Pratap kings.
• It provides important information about the social and religious status of the Aryans at that time and about philosophical thought such as the sermon given by Arjuna to Shri Krishna on the battlefield in the form of "Shrimad Bhagavatgita".