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Were stories in prose new to India? Also define dastan?
So would you say that dastans are a type of prose narrative?
Not really. Dastans were typically told in verse, and their style and structure were quite different from the sort of stories that we typically think of as "prose narratives" today. That being said, dastans did play an important role in the development of Indian literature, and they continue to be an important cultural touchstone in many parts of the world today.