6.Chapter8.History.Study of the Past

CHAPTER 8

STUDY OF THE PAST

Inside Question

Q.1.What is history?

Ans History is the study of change over time and progress from the past to the present

world.  

Q.2.How many parts of history?

Ans There are two types of history-

(i) History (ii) Pre history

Q.3.What are coins?

Ans Coins were made up of different materials like lead, copper, bronze, iron, silver,gold and even leather.

Q.4.How many types of Literary Sources?

Ans There are four types of literary sources are-

(i) Religious Literature

(ii) Non-Religious Literature

(iii)The Secular Literature

(iv) Historical Literature

Q.Tick the correct option

1.Kautilya wrote the book-
Ans - Arthshastra

2.The peroid when art of writing was unknown is called-
Ans - Prehistory

3.The study of coins is known as-
Ans - Numismatics

4.Who is the author of Abhigyan Shakuntalam?
Ans - Kalidas

5.The Chinese traveller who visited India was-
Ans- Fa-hien

Q.Fill in the blanks

1 Monuments are the remains of palaces and forts

2 Jain Literature was written in Prakrit language.

3.The study of inscriptions is called epigraphy.

4  Historians divide history into two parts, namely, prehistory and history.

5.Non-Religious Literature consists of prose, plays, poetry, etc.

C.Answer the following in the brief

Q.1.How does the study of the monuments help the historians?

Ans- Monuments are remains of temples,stupas, palaces, and forts.These ancient

buildings help the historians to collect information about the social and economic life, the

religious beliefs, dress, art forms and architecture of that time.

Q.2.The study of history help us to make the present world a better place to live in.How?

Ans- History is the study of changes over time and marks progress from the past to the present world.
It can be defined as a systematic description of the past events. It is based on fact

and not on imagination.
It helps us to learn about the great people, culture, art and architecture of the earlier times.History motivates us to make the present world a better

place to live in

Q.3.How do skeletal studies help us to identify gender difference?

Ans- Skeletons are also a very useful sources of information. The students of skeletal

studies try to know every minute about the skeletons and list their findings.

Q.4.What are the literary sources of Indian history?

Ans- All written records of the past are known as literary sources or manuscripts.Before the

invention of paper, people wrote on dried palm leaves bhohpatras, copper plates etc... Some of the literary sources are-

a.Religious Literature

b.Non-Religious Literature

c.Secular Literature

d.Historical Literature

Q.5.Explain historical Literature with an example.

Ans- Historical Literature consists of autobiographical and biographical  sketches like Harashacharita, Babarnama and Akbarnama are much informative.

It tells about the historic facts,as administration,life style and society. of Harshvardhan and that of the rulers whose life is described.

D.Answer the following the question

Q.1.Distinguish between Archaeological and Literary Sources.

Ans- Some materials of the past are buried deep under the earth. The archaeological sources materials are mainly - inscriptions, coins, monuments, sculptures, painting, articles of daily uses and skeletons.

Literary Sources - All written records of the past are known as literary sources or manuscripts.They are very important for the historians.
Before the invention of paper, people wrote on dried palm leaves, bhojpatras, copper plates, etc.Some of the literary sources are as follow-

a.Religious Literature

b.Non-Religious Literature

c.Secular Literature

d.Historical Literature

Q2. How do the archaeological sources materials help us to learn about our past.

Ans- The archaeological sources materials are mainly- inscriptions, coins, monuments,sculptures, painting, articles of daily use and skeletons tell us about all information of that time.

Q3.What is more important in history events, persons, places or dates? Give reasons to justify your answer.

Ans- Events are more important in history because it is the event in which persons, places, and  dates are related to it.And we come to know about it.

Q4.How do secular literary sources through light on the life of the people in any period of

history?

Ans- The account of events, by foreign pilgrims and travellers like Fa-hein,Huein Tsang,Itsing(Chinese travellers),Marcopolo,Batuta and ambassadors like Megasthenes who visited India in earlier times, they write something about India.These are also important sources of information about ancient,medieval Indian history and culture.

Q.5. How does the study of coins help the historians.

Ans- In earlier times, coins were made of different materials like lead, copper, bronze, iron,

silver, gold and even leather. They give us useful information about the art, religion, rulers, the use of different materials and the level of development of technology.
It also gives us information about the economic condition of the people and peoples of that time.