Question

“There are limits to what epigraphy can reveal”. Justify the statement with suitable arguments.

Answer 1

Technical limitations:

1. The reconstructions are unclear and the letters are just lightly etched.
2. Letters may be absent or the inscription may be broken.
3. Determining the precise meaning of terms used in inscriptions is not always simple.
4. Not every inscription has been deciphered.
5. Numerous inscriptions have been destroyed by the passage of time.
6. The inscriptions’ content conveys the viewpoint of the person who commissioned them.