V. Short-Answer Type Questions:
1. What do you mean by history?
2. Define chronology.
3. Write two importance of history.
4. What do you mean by archaeology?
5. Name the famous inscriptions.
6. What do you mean by numismatics?
7. How do the accounts of the foreign travellers help us to know about the past?
Answers
Answer:
1. the whole series of past events connected with a particular person or thing.
2. the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence
3. importance of history
a. it allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows us to understand our present
b. we may, ideally, be able to learn from our mistakes and avoid repeating them in the future
4. the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains
5. famous inscriptions
a. Ashokan Inscriptions. ...
b. Junagarh Rock inscription. ...
c. Mahrauli Inscription / Garuda Pillar. ...
6. the study or collection of coins, banknotes, and medals.
7. Foreign travellers like Marco Polo, Megasthenes, Francois Bernier, and Hiuen-Tsang help us in understanding the past by their books by representing details on courts, empire, and economic of a particular period
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