6. Very Short Answer Questions
(a) What are archaeological sources?
(b) What is history?
(c) What do you understand by the term 'sources of history?
(d) Who wrote Tarikh-e-Hind?
(e) What is a manuscript?
Answers
Answer:
b. history is the study of past events
c. the sources which are studied at the time of history
a) Archaeological sources are basically the material evidence like historical buildings, coins, inscriptions and other remains that gives important and detailed information pertaining to a particular period.
b) History is the study of the past. Events occurring before the invention of writing systems are considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events.
c) Historical sources are, at their most basic level, something that tells us about history. It may be a document, a picture, a sound recording, a book, a cinema film, a television program or an object. Any sort of artifact from the period in question that conveys information can qualify as a source.
d) Al- Biruni
Al- Biruni is the author of tarikh ul –hind.
e) A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document that is written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten — as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.