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Souces of Indian History

This document discusses the history of India, divided into three periods - Ancient, Medieval, and Modern. It defines history as the study of past events and traces in human affairs. Historical study enables understanding past societies and increasing knowledge of present societies. Primary sources are direct records from a time period, while secondary sources are later interpretations. Archaeological sources include inscriptions, monuments, coins. Literary sources include Vedic texts, epics, and foreign writings on India. The document lists various Indian and foreign works that serve as historical sources.

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Souces of Indian History

This document discusses the history of India, divided into three periods - Ancient, Medieval, and Modern. It defines history as the study of past events and traces in human affairs. Historical study enables understanding past societies and increasing knowledge of present societies. Primary sources are direct records from a time period, while secondary sources are later interpretations. Archaeological sources include inscriptions, monuments, coins. Literary sources include Vedic texts, epics, and foreign writings on India. The document lists various Indian and foreign works that serve as historical sources.

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Ancient Period 1500 B.C-712 A.

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Medieval Period 712 A.D to 1757
Modern Period 1757- 1947
• What is history?
• The study of past events, particularly in
human affairs.

• History is not the study of the past but the


study of the present traces of the past.

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History or historia, meaning "inquiry,
knowledge acquired by investigation.

Historical study is not the study of the past


but the study of the present traces of the
past.

It enable man to understand the society of


the past and it increases his knowledge over
the society of the present.
Primary Source:
These are written and unwritten records
made by people of the time.

Secondary Source
Interpretations of the past these are written
and unwritten sources made by the people
who lived after the time.
Historical Sources
• Archeological sources
• Literary sources

Archeological Sources

• Inscriptions
• Monuments
• Numismatics
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Literary Sources

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Brahmanical Literature
Rig Veda
Simple ritual of activities and how to approach God
Sama Veda
Music
Yajur Veda
Sacrificial prayers
Atharva Veda
How to avoid evil forces or Medicine
Brahmanas
Commentaries on Veda
Aranayakas
Forest books
Upanishads
108 teachings
Ramayana and Mahabharata
Jain Literature
12 Angas
Buddhist Literature
Suddha, Vinaya and Abhidhamma peetika

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Other Sources
Contemporary writings
Mudra Rakshasa : Viskhadatta (Early Mauryan)
Kautilya : Arthashastra (Mauryan)
Nitisara: Kamaduka (Gupta)
Harshacharita : Bhanabhatta
Rajatarangini : Kalhana
Foreign Sources
• Magasthenes Indica
• Ptolemy Geography
• Fa-Hien (Faxian) − visited India in
5th century A.D.
• Hiuen-Tsang (Xuanzang)
• I-Tsing (Yijing) − visited India in 7th century.
• Magasthenes(G) Indica
• Valuable information on administration and socio-
economic of Mauryan India
• Ptolemy(G) Geography
• Geographical treatise on India in 2nd Century AD
• Pliny(G) Naturakus Historia
• Accounts trade relations between Rome and
India in 1st Century AD

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