Sources of history by bushra memon

about sources of history

1. BY BUSHRA MEMON ALL INDIA KHILAFAT COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

2. Sources of history A number of objects used by our ancestors still exits. Some inscriptions from the past have been recovered. Sources like these help us to understand our history. History can also be learned through customs and traditions, folk arts, folk literature as well as historical documents All these are known as sources of history.

3. Material sources Man uses a variety of things in his day today life they are known as artefacts. Artefacts used by humans in the past provide us valuable information about life in the ancient times. We can decide the period of ancient atrefacts like earthern pots by studying the shape color and designs on ancient potsherds.

4. We get information about the diet of the people from the remains of food grains, seeds, and bones of animals found in excavations. Also we find the remains of the houses and buildings build in different historical periods. All such artefacts, articles, monuments or their ruins are called the material sources of history.

5. MATERIAL SOURCES:STRUCTURAL REMAINS

6. MATERIAL SOURCES: ARTEFACTS

7. Written sources The stone age people have recorded many events and expressed their emotions in paintings on rocks. In the beginning man wrote on potsherds, unbaked bricks using pointed objects. He also used birch ( bhurja ) tree bark to write on. Many rulers had their orders, judicial decisions, donations etc inscribed on stone or copper plates.

8. Over a period of time, many forms of literature developed. They included books on religious and social subjects plays, poetry, travelogues and scientific works. All this literature help us to understand the history of various historical periods. These sources are known as written sources of history.

9. Oral sources Owis, folk songs, folk tales and similar literature is passed on from generation to generation by word of mouth. This literature is not in the written form, its authors are unknown. This type of literature preserved by oral tradition forms the oral sources of history.

10. EVALUATION

11. Q1) History can also be learnt through a) customs and tradition b) laboratory c) structure d) grinding

12. Q2) Man uses a variety of things in his day- to-day life they are known as a) artefacts b) literature c) folk arts d) historical documents

13. Q3) information about the diet of the people from the remains of food grains, seeds and bones of animals are found in a) excavations b) caves c) jungle d) monuments

14. Q4) Artefacts, articles, monuments or their ruins are called a) material sources of history b) oral sources c) written sources d) excavations

15. Q5) The stone age people have recorded many events and expressed their emotion in paintings on a) rocks b) coins c) trees d) metal objects

16. Q6) In the beginning man wrote on a) potsherds b) trees c) coins d) monuments

17. Q7) Many rulers had their orders, judicial decisions inscribed on stone or a) copper plates b) trees c) caves d) monuments

18. Q8) Over a period of time many forms of ………. Developed a) literature b) rocks c) caves d) excavations

19. Q9) Literature help us to understand the history of various a) historical periods b) rocks c) caves d) coins

20. Q10) Folk songs, folk tales are known as a) oral sources of history b) written sources history c) excavations d) material sources of history