what do you understand by sources of
history what are its two broad categories
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There are two main types of historical sources: primary sources and secondary sources. A primary source is something that originates from the past. It can be a chronicle, a piece of pottery, or even a piece of glacial ice that gives us climate data about the levels of atmospheric carbon one thousand years ago.
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The sources of History are broadly divided into two categories ; Archeological Sources and Literary Sources.
The Archeological Sources are further divided into; Monuments , Inscriptions , Coins and Artefacts and Literary Sources further divided into Religious , Secular and Foreign Accounts. Archaeological sources include buildings, houses, pottery, seals , coins , monuments, writings and paintings on stones or walls , tools , jewellery, bones, leftovers , pieces of metals and other artefacts.
Inscriptions are writings on seals , temple walls, stones or pillars, wooden tablets, bricks and images.