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Sources of Ancient Indian History |History

In this article we will discuss about the two main sources of ancient Indian history. The sources are: 1. Literary Sources 2. Archaeological Sources. 1. Literary Sources: Amongst literary sources, we include all written records in the form of texts, essays or descriptions. It has been mainly divided into two parts, religious and secular as follows: (A) Religious Literature: This [...]

By S Geetha|2016-12-09T10:46:03+05:30December 9, 2016|History of India|Comments Off

Sources of Ancient Indian History: Archaeological and Literary Sources

Sources of Ancient Indian History: Archaeological and Literary Sources! The purpose of history is to throw light on the past. This is done through discovery and study of historical sources. It is rather easy to find sources for writing the history of the recent past, because there is plenty of hand written and printed material on and about modern State [...]

By S. Priyadarshini|2015-08-08T11:39:41+05:30November 29, 2014|Articles|Comments Off