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History
 
of
 
Uttarakhand
Sources
 
of
 
Uttarakhand
 
History
Earlier
 
very
 
few
 
sources
 
of
 
History
 
writing
 
for
 
Uttarakhand
 
were
 
in
existence.
 
Later
 
researches
 
and
 
discoveries
 
have
 
resulted
 
in
 
a
 
rich
 
hawl
 
of
source
 
of
 
history
 
writing
 
of
 
Uttarakhand.
 
A
 
brief
 
account
 
is
 
presented
here.
1.
 
Coins-
 
coins
 
are
 
an
 
important
 
source
 
specially
 
in
 
case
 
of
 
Kuninda
rulers,
 
Shaka
 
rule
 
in
 
Uttarakhand
 
and
 
that
 
of
 
medieval
 
dynesties
 
like
Chand
 
and
 
Parmars
 
and
 
their
 
connections
 
with
 
Delhi
 
Sultnat.
2.
 
Literature-
 
both
 
secular
 
and
 
religious
 
literature
 
is
 
used.
 
Purans
 
like
Skandpuran,Visnupuran,
 
Vayupuran,
 
Padmapuran,
 
and
 
texts
 
like
Mahabharata
 
comes
 
in
 
religious
 
literature
 
category.
 
Among
 
secular
 
ones
texts
 
like
 
Raguvamsa,
 
Kumarsambhav,
 
Abhijianshakuntalam,
 
Meghdoot,
Harshcharita,
 
Vinay
 
Patrika,
 
Jahangirnama,
 
and
 
Garhrajvwmsa
 
of
 
Mola
Ram
 
are
 
important.
 
Literature
 
written
 
by
 
foreigners
 
like
 
memoirs
 
of
Huen
 
Tsang
 
and
 
Himalayan
 
Gazeteer
 
by
 
Etinskon
 
are
 
important.
3.
 
Inscriptions-
 
Among
 
inscriptions,
 
Kalsi
 
piller
 
edict
 
of
 
Ashoka,
Prayagraj
 
inscription
 
of
 
Samudragupta,
 
Lakhmandal
 
Inscriptio
 
(Singhpur
State),
 
Barahat-
 
Uttarkashi
 
Inscription,
 
Pandukeshwar
 
Inscription
(Kartikeypur),
 
Gopeshwar
 
Ashokchall
 
Inscription(Kedarkhand),
Gopeshwar
 
Shaktilekh
 
(Nag
 
dynesty),
 
Mohanchandra
 
Dharmpatra
(Kurmanchal
 
king)
 
etc.
 
are
 
important.
4.
 
Folk
 
Traditions-
 
Folk
 
traditions
 
of
 
Uttarakhand
 
like
 
Jagar
 
of
 
Kumaun,
Jitu
 
Bagdwal
 
in
 
Garhwal,
 
Gorkhyani,
 
Story
 
of
 
Raja
 
Haru
 
Heet,
Aanchhari,
 
etc.
 
also
 
represents
 
different
 
stories
 
associated
 
with
 
historical
events.