Question

what are different sources used by historians to study mediaeval period of Indian history what is the reason for increase in number of textual records during this period​

Answer 1

Answer:

Historians and their sources

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.Because of several causes : 1. The monuments of Medieval India are far more numerous than those of the ancient India and by studying these monuments once can get of the political situation and architecture of a period.

Answer 2

The period between the 8th (700 AD) and the 18th (1750AD) centuries is termed as the "medieval period in India".

Explanation:

• There are two types of sources present in medieval period. They are Archaeological sources and Literacy sources.
• Archaeological sources are archaeological remains and monuments, inscriptions and coins. The Literary Sources are religious literature, secular literature, biographies, folk tales, and accounts of foreigners.

• There was a dramatic increase in the textual records variety in the medieval period
• During this period, paper had become very cheap and was widely available. This led to  a dramatic rise  in the variety of textual records in the medieval period
• People started using paper to write chronicles of rulers, holy texts, Saints' teachings and letters, judicial records and petitions, and for registers of taxes and accounts