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B. Long Answer Type Questions : 1. Mention the major features of history. 2. "Study of history is very important and useful". Explain. 3. Write a note on Archaeological sources of Pre-history period. 4. What are the major literary and documentary sources of history ? Give one exam 8-H​

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Explanation:

• 1)It tell about it past.
• It gives many information about our ancestors.

2)Studying history enables us to develop better understanding of the world in which we live. Building knowledge and understanding of historical events and trends, especially over the past century, enables us to develop a much greater appreciation for current events today.

Learning important lessons from history should help us to avoid previous mistakes and prevent previous misdeeds from happening again.

• 3)The archaeological sources played an important role in constructing or/and reconstructing the history of a region.
• The archaeological source of Indian history is only about two centuries old.
• The archaeological source enhanced our knowledge about our past and also provided important materials, which we could not have been obtained otherwise.
• Up to 1920, Indian civilization was considered to have begun about 6th century B.C. However, the excavations at Mohenjodaro, Kalibangan, and Harappa prove its antiquity to be of 5,000 B.C.
• Prehistoric artifacts found in the excavations have shown that human activities had started here as early as about two million years ago.
• Epigraphy and Numismatics are the important branches of the study of history, which has greatly enhanced the knowledge of India's past.
• Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions and Numismatic is the study of coins, medals, or paper money.
• Coins are an important numismatic source that tells us about the Indo-Greek, Saka-Parthian, and Kushana Kings.
• Inscriptions of Ashoka and Samudragupta provide valuable information about social and political status of the people of that period.
• The study of these inscriptions reveals the world about Ashoka's views on dharma (religion) and conquests of Samudragupta.

4)Literary sources are the information gathered in written forms that explain the essence of ancient culture. Sources incorporate information like journals, letters, books and investigative reports in impression, automated and visual compositions.

• There are three kinds of literary sources namely religious, foreign and secular accounts. Literary sources remind us of our ancestor’s social, political, economic, cultural & religious activities. In nature, most of the ancient manuscripts are religious. In addition to religious literature, also there is a huge volume of secular literature on math, science and medicine. In ancient and medieval times, many educated individuals travelled around the globe.
• History of Vedic, Pali, Sanskrit Prakrit, and other discoveries at the same time as other external accounts constitutes the literary source.
• The Puranic literature is considered by Indians as history, except for events and states, it does not have any particular time period.
• The literary origins of a history book are archaeological discoveries, such as Coins, monuments, manuscripts, and so on.

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