Question

Define the following terms:
i) Numismatics
ii) Manuscript
iii) Epigraphy
iv) Inscription
v) Prehistory

Answer 1

ANSWER :-

1) Numismatics :

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money and related objects. While numismatists are often characterised as students or collectors of coins, the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods.

2) Manuscript :

A Manuscript is a handwritten composition on paper, bark, cloth, metal, palm leaf or any other material dating back atleast seventy-five years that has significant scientific, historical or aesthetic value. Lithographs and printed volumes are not manuscripts.

3) Epigraphy :

Epigraphy, "inscription", is the study of inscriptions, orepigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

4) Inscription :

The definition of an inscription is words or letters that have been written or carved into something, or the act of writing words or letters into something. A message someone writes on the front page of a book they have given to you is an example of an inscription.

5) Prehistory :

Prehistory, the vast period of time before written records or human documentation, includes the Neolithic Revolution, Neanderthals and Denisovans, Stonehenge, the Ice Age and more.