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Historical evaluation
133 information. Although Hemacanadra has not given dates of the kings, his sense of political boundaries and invasions except a few instances is quite historical and valuable. Besides all these facts, hero-worship and the characteristics of a Mahākāvya gave birth to exaggerative style of expression which is a salient feature of Sanskrit literature and which was inevitable by a man of letters like Hemacandra.
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