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South Asia History

Prompt:  Select any ONE of the primary sources discussed in class and listed below for your convenience. Craft an argument that explains the strengths and weaknesses of this particular source in understanding religious beliefs in the historical period in which it was created.  What precautions or strategies should a historian employ in using this source? Is this source typical of peoples ideas about faith in this period or only reflective of a few? Be specific. While you may use other sources to contextualize your source, most of your discussion and citations should be from the primary source you have selected.( I choose Kabir Poems as the primary source and I post them firstly. others are other sources and the slides in class, you can use them too as other sources)

Your thesis paragraph should combine and respond to all the questions above in the opening paragraph of your paper. Remember your thesis does not need to be just one sentence, you can use the whole introduc