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Upanishads, Dharmasutra, Digha Nikaya and Majjhima Nikaya are examples of _______.

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The correct option is B literary sources
There are two types of sources that help us learn more about the the mahajanapadas: archaeological and literary. Literary sources include religious books composed by brahmins, Buddhists, Jain monks and foreign writers such as Strabo and Herodotus. Some examples of literary sources are Upanishads, Dharmasutra, Digha Nikaya and Majjhima Nikaya.

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