Sources of History Video Lecture - Class 7

0:0:0: sources of history
0:0:13: in this module you will learn about the
0:0:15: study of various types of historical
0:0:17: sources and its importance in the
0:0:20: construction of history historical
0:0:23: sources are the foundation to understand
0:0:26: a particular era back in time they
0:0:29: helped us to gain knowledge about
0:0:31: important events invention cultures
0:0:34: civilizations and many other aspects
0:0:37: about society they serve as evidence in
0:0:40: the construction of history let us take
0:0:42: a look at some of the historical sources
0:0:44: of history literature resources our
0:0:48: original sources of information in the
0:0:50: form of documents or recordings created
0:0:54: in the past there are two kinds of
0:0:56: literary sources of history native
0:0:59: literature and foreign literature native
0:1:3: literature is the literature produced by
0:1:5: the indigenous people of a given era
0:1:8: some examples of native literature of
0:1:11: India are with Jacques Madrid raksha's
0:1:16: call her nurse
0:1:17: Raj star Guinea
0:1:21: Ashoka chose Buddha Charitra Coachella's
0:1:24: artists Astra
0:1:27: a Moog washes kaviraja Marga
0:1:32: the trip attackers of buddhist
0:1:34: literature foreign literature refers to
0:1:38: the writings of foreign visitors
0:1:39: explorers and scholars some examples of
0:1:43: foreign literary sources are mega stains
0:1:47: indica even sank Sookie behind pukaki
0:1:53: salons deep Bunge
0:1:56: and maha ones the writings of four nails
0:2:0: Nunez who visited the Vijayanagar Empire
0:2:2: and the writings of Domingo space Duarte
0:2:7: Barbosa and Nicole Odie Conte
0:2:12: archaeological sources of history are
0:2:14: the artifacts like inscriptions coins
0:2:17: monuments pots and pans that have been
0:2:20: obtained during archaeological
0:2:22: excavations
0:2:27: let us learn about inscriptions coins
0:2:29: and monuments
0:2:33: encryptions provides us with information
0:2:36: about the religion culture
0:2:38: administration economy and other aspects
0:2:42: of a given place during that period the
0:2:45: earliest inscription found in India was
0:2:47: written by the mauryan emperor Ashoka
0:2:51: these inscriptions were engraved on rock
0:2:54: edict slabs and stone pillars some of
0:2:59: these addicts have been found in masky
0:3:1: inratio district and brahma giri in the
0:3:5: Chitradurga district of karnataka the
0:3:8: inscriptions found in india are mostly
0:3:10: in the Brahmi script and appropriate
0:3:13: language the hull midi inscription is
0:3:16: believed to be the first inscription
0:3:18: available in the Kannada language nil
0:3:22: miss Martok's is the study of the
0:3:24: evolution nature and development of
0:3:27: coins
0:3:28: early coins have been minted by using a
0:3:31: variety of metals a study of these coins
0:3:34: helped gain knowledge about the minting
0:3:37: technologies used as well as the
0:3:39: religious economic administrative and
0:3:42: social aspects they helped us to know
0:3:45: about the important rulers or famous
0:3:48: personalities of that era from the
0:3:50: images on the coins
0:3:59: supa bossa DS or Jain temples temples
0:4:3: palaces and port ruins are the kinds of
0:4:6: monuments which exist today these
0:4:10: monuments enable us to know about the
0:4:12: unique architectural designs and
0:4:14: technological social religious political
0:4:18: and economic conditions of that period
0:4:22: they reflect the achievements of kings
0:4:24: and administrators Ashoka's pillars
0:4:28: Ajanta and Ellora caves the elephant
0:4:32: achieved badami eye hole and butter the
0:4:36: cull of karnataka are evidences of
0:4:39: India's glorious heritage a legend is a
0:4:43: story from the past that is believed by
0:4:45: many people but cannot be proved to be
0:4:48: true legends are also referred to as
0:4:51: Salah Puranas there are many legends
0:4:55: about individuals events and customs of
0:4:58: the past which have been passed down the
0:5:0: ages although legends do not provide
0:5:3: direct information relating to an event
0:5:5: they reflect the social beliefs which
0:5:8: prevailed in the society
0:5:11: let us now recap all the important
0:5:13: points that we have covered in this
0:5:15: module on sources of history
0:5:25: you