Question

Historians use different types of sources to learn about the past depending upon the period of their study and the nature of their investigation. You will notice some continuity in the sources used by historians for the study of this period. They still rely on coins, inscriptions, architecture and textual records for information. But there is also considerable discontinuity. The number and variety of textual records increased dramatically during this period. They slowly displaced other types of available information. Through this period paper gradually became cheaper and more widely available. People used it to write holy texts, chronicles of rulers, letters and teachings of saints, petitions and judicial records, and for registers of accounts and taxes. Manuscripts were collected by wealthy people, rulers, monasteries and temples. They were placed in libraries and archives. These manuscripts and documents provide a lot of detailed information to historians but they are also difficult to use. There was no printing press in those days so scribes copied manuscripts by hand. Manuscript copying is somewhat similar. As scribes copied manuscripts, they also introduced small changes – a word here, a sentence there

A. Define Inscriptions.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation:

Medieval India: Sources

Learning Goals:

Sources of history

Manuscripts

Scribes and authors

Chronicles

Different sources are used by historians to study the past, depending on;

The period of their study

Nature of their investigation

Historians and their sources

The sources used by historians in the period 700 to 1750 (the Medieval Period) were quite different from the ones used in the period of Gupta dynasty and Hashavardhana. There is definitely some continuity in the sources used by the historians of both the distinct periods. For example, for obtaining information they still relied on

Coins

Inscriptions

Acrhitecture

Textual records

But there is also significant discontinuity in the sources used by the historians of both the distinct periods. Some of the changes in the sources are as follows:

Dramatic increase in the number and variety of textual records. These slowly displaced other types of available information.

Paper became cheaper and more widely available as opposed to the earlier periods when people used to write on barks of birch trees, hides, walls of caves, etc. due to non-availability of paper.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Inscriptions:

 Theses are the writings engraved on rocks, pillars, clay tablets, the walls of caves and

temples.

 They tell us about the kings, their empires, achievements, society and language of

that period.

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