Question

Illustrate the sources to reconstruct history .​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Reconstructing the Past.

2. Geography & History.

3. Historical Sources.

4. Literary sources.

5. Historical Literature.

6. Religious Texts.

7. Secular (Non-religious) Texts.

8. Foreign Accounts. etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

The sources of Ancient Indian History

1) Literary/written 2) Material-Archaeological

(i) Religious (ii) Secular (iii) Scientific (iv) Sangam (v) Foreign

Accounts/Travelogues

(a) Vedic (b) Buddhist (c) Jain

(a) Histories (b) Eulogies (c) Literature

Epics Dramas Poetry Compilations

(i) Inscriptions (ii) Coins (iii) Ancient Monuments (iv) Sculptures & Paintings

(v) Archaeological

Remains

(a) Epigraphs (b) Copper-plates (a) Secular (b) Religious

Buddhist Hindu