What is History?
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What is History ?1. HISTORY IS SIMPLY THE STUDY OF PAST
2. STUDY OF MEN IN SOCIETY , ABOUT THEIR EVOLUTION
3. KNOWLEDGE WHICH TELL US THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTS , SCIENCE IN PAST
4. “HERODOTUS” IS CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER OF HISTORY
5. THE SCHOLARS WHO WRITE ABOUT HISTORY ARE CALLED “HISTORIANS”
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Scope of History
1. UNDERSTANDING THE TOTALITY OF PAST HUMAN ACTIONS
2. RECORDING THE PAST FACTS TO EXPLAIN AND
INTERPRET ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED , HOW IT
HAPPENED
3. REFER TO THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE WHICH USES A
NARRATIVE TO EXAMINE AND ANALYSE A SEQUENCE
OF PAST EVENTS
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Sources of History ( Indian)
1. LITERARY SOURCES
* INDIGENOUS LITERARY SOURCE – IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO TYPES ‘SACRED’ AND ‘SECULAR’
1. “SACRED SOURCES ARE THE LITERATURE OF THE RELIGIONS”
2. DIVIDED INTO FOUR SOURCES – VEDIC , EPIC , SMRITI AND PURANAS.
* VEDIC LITERATURE - CHIEF SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
* FOUR IN NUMBERS – ‘RIG’ , ‘YAJUR’ , ‘SAMA’ AND ‘ATHARVA’
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• THE GREAT EPICS ‘RAMAYANA’ AND ‘MAHABHARATA’
• MAHABHARATA INDICATES THE STRUGGLE OF
SUPREMACY AMONG ARYANS TRIBES WHEREAS THE
RAMAYANA SHOWS ARYANS COLONIZATION'S OF THE
SOUTH.
• THE SMRITI LITERATURE – CODES OF MANU ,
YAJNAWALKYA, NARADA AND PARASARA , USEFUL TO
KNOW ABOUT THE CONTEMPORARY LIFE.
• THE PURANAS , 18 IN NUMBER , IMPORTANT ARE VAYU ,
MATSYA , VISHNU , BRAHAMANANDA , AND
BHAGWATA.
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2. ARCHAELOGICAL SOURCES
* EXCAVATIONS IN MOHENJO-DARO AND HARRAPPA HAVE REVEALED
THE CULTURE OF PEOPLE PRECEDED BY ARYANS.
* SEVERAL PLACES OF BUDDHIST SIGNIFICANCE ALSO EXCAVATED
LIKE IN NALANDA , SARNATH , SANCHI , INSCRIPTIONS AND
SCULPTURES BROUGHT TO LIGHT THROUGH EXCAVATION.
* COINS WERE MADE UP OF COPPER , SILVER AND EVEN OF GOLD
* COINS ARE USEFUL IN RECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORY
* BURNT CLAY (TABLETS) COINS WERE ALSO FOUND.