Why do we know much more about the cultural practices of rulers than about those of ordinary people?
Rulers adopted many methods to protect their achievements like minstrels singing their heroic stories painting inscriptions, historical worth, donation to the temples etc. While common people didn't do anything to protect the records of their heroic deeds. Therefore, we know more about the cultural practices rulers than about those of common people there.
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