PRE-HISTORY HISTORY

No written records. Written account of people, places, events of the past.

Sources are- Archaeology and Oral traditions.

Sources- Manuscripts, Inscriptions, Coins and seals, Monuments.

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ARTEFACTS

• Objects crafted by humans.

FOSSILS

• The remains or impressions the dead bodies leave.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS

• Scientists of history• Determine the dates of skeletal remains and tell

us about their life.

ORAL SOURCES

• Information handed down orally for hundreds of years from one generation to another.

HAND WRITTEN RECORDS/MANUSCRIPTS• Religious-Puranas, Tripitakas, Angas• Secular/Non-religious- Arthashastra by

Chanakya• Accounts of Travellers- Fa-Hien, Megasthenes.

INSCRIPTIONS

Writings carved on hard surfaces.

• COINS AND SEALS• MONUMENTS