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the masses higher values of life and to set for them healthy moral standards. Gandhiji's principle of Truth and Non-violence' can be said to be a modern fruit of such age long reflections and teachings. The society depicted in Prakrit literature, particularly in its narrative and lyric zones, is more popular and realistic than aristocratic and artificial. It embodies a mine of information and data that can take us towards more or less a complete religious, social and political picture of India of the period that could contribute its worthy mite to the civilization of the world. This means that for the reconstruction of cultural India, Prakrit literature provides rare and significant details. And a good knowledge of our past culture, we should remember, helps up to evaluate our present and plan the future.
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