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While interpreting texts historians need to understand the background of the composers, what has been written and for whom, the language used and the manner in which the text was circulated. The composers? position in society - if they held a position of authority - played an important role since it determined the language and purpose of the text. For instance, the Sanskrit texts of Mahabharata were composed by Brahmins and these were didactic in nature, describing social norms of behaviour. The Pali or Prakrit works on the same, however, reveal that these texts have often been questioned in the texts written in other languages.
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