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Dr. Charlotte Krause : Her Life & Literature
the definite form in which they are extant to-day, was fixed at the synod of Valabhs in Vīra Nirvāņa Samvat 980 ( according to another view 993 ), that means 453 A.D. Therefore, the bulk of this literature is at least about 1500 years old. This fact renders the interesting information it supplies concerning obsolete customs and institutions, so valuable and important.
So it is well worth noting that it contains, amongst other invaluable material, the above instance of a pre-Mohammedan Purdah scene, proving that Purdah was a well-established custom with the gallant Ksatriya clans of the Bhāratavarşa of the time.
It is surprising that this literature should not have been turned to better account by historians and other students of Indian culture in tracing back and explaining many of the astonishing institutions of this unique country, that has rightly been called a museum of the most fascinating antiquities.
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