explain the various types of literary sources with examples
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There are two types of literary sources in Indian History.
They are: Native and Foreign sources
Native Sources: Native sources can be defined as the sources which by native people but not by foreigners.
Native sources are again divided as Religious and Not religious.
Religious: The religious sources are mainly of Puranas and epics. These Puranas helps in reconstructing History.
Example: Ramayana, Mahabharata etc.
Not Religious: These were written by the native poets and writers. These sources give us information about the History of India.
Example: Prithviraj Charita, Harsha Charita etc.
Foreign Sources: These sources were written by Foreign visitors or poets in medieval India. These sources gave us the exact History of India because these were written by Foreigners.
Example: Indica by Megasthenes, Akbar Nama by Abul Fazl etc.
Indian history is having 2 sources of Literary sources.
These are - Native Sources and Foreign Sources.
Native Sources are those sources which fully belong to our country and they were being composed by indians only.
Example - The Ramayana, The Mahabharata , The Upanishads , The Vedas etc.
Foreign Sourced are those who are related to India but they were composed by Foreigners.
Example - Akbar Nama, Indica, etc.
These were written by foreigner ambassadors or pilgrims.