Section: Social Complexity

Subsection: Kinds of Written Documents

Practical Literature

Talking about kinds of written documents, practical literature refers to texts written with the aim of providing guidance on a certain topic, for example manuals on agriculture, warfare, or cooking. letters do not count as practical literature. (See here)

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Variable	Definition
Polity	The Seshat Polity ID
Year(s)	The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE]
Tag	[Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown]
Verified	A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data.

Variable	Definition
practical_literature	The absence or presence of practical literature for a polity.

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#	Polity	Year(s)	Practical Literature	Description	Edit
221	(Late A'chik)	Full Year Range of Late A'chik is assumed. [1867, 1956]	unknown	None
222	(Gahadavala Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gahadavala Dynasty is assumed. [1085, 1193]	present	None
223	(Gupta Empire)	Full Year Range of Gupta Empire is assumed. [320, 550]	present	None
224	(Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty is assumed. [730, 1030]	present	None
225	(Kadamba Empire)	Full Year Range of Kadamba Empire is assumed. [345, 550]	present	None
226	(Kannauj - Varman Dynasty)	Full Year Range of Kannauj - Varman Dynasty is assumed. [650, 780]	present	None
227	(Magadha)	Full Year Range of Magadha is assumed. [450, 605]	present	None
228	(Rashtrakuta Empire)	Full Year Range of Rashtrakuta Empire is assumed. [753, 973]	present	None
229	(Magadha - Sunga Empire)	Full Year Range of Magadha - Sunga Empire is assumed. [-187, -65]	present	None
230	(Vakataka Kingdom)	Full Year Range of Vakataka Kingdom is assumed. [255, 550]	present	None

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