Assignment Questions
1) What are the literature sources of Indian history?
2) Explain historical literature with an example.
3) Distinguish between archaeological and literature
sources.
Answers
Explanation:
1)Ancient Indian History - Sources. Literary and Archaeological records are the two main categories that give evidences of Ancient Indian History. The literary source includes literature of Vedic, Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and other literature along with other foreign accounts.
2)Historical fiction is defined as movies and novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. A novel that makes up a story about a Civil War battle that really happened is an example of historical fiction.
3)Archeological sources include inscriptions, numismatics, excavations, art, paintings, etc.
Literary sources include, biographies, accounts of foreign travellers, books on law and government, historical dramas, oral record, etc.