What is so special about the principal value branch of inverse trigonometric functions.

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Why only a specific branch of a inverse trigonometric functions is called principal value branch? For example in questions like this- what will be the value of the function sin^-1(sinx), if x lies in certain branch? -we try to modify the concerned branch into principal branch and find the value of sin^-1(sinx). Why principal branch is so unique?