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 [...]
Important sources for the medieval History of South India may be categorized broadly under the following three heads: 1. Persian chronicles 2. Indigenous works 3. Foreign traveller's accounts image source: indiairantrust.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/grenet_ill.jpg 1. Persian chronicles: Among the most significant sources, following deserve mention: (i) 'Burhan-i-Maiser' by Syed Ali Tabatabai. It deals with the Bahmanis of Gulbarga, Bahmanis of Bidar [...]
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 [...]