Sources of Ancient Indian History PDF

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Sources of Ancient Indian History

Dear readers, here we have brought Sources of Ancient Indian History PDF to all of you. History of Ancient India Dwijendra Narayan Jha, Krishna Mohan Shrimali Hindi Medium Directorate of Implementation, University of Delhi This book is an important book coming under Secondary Sources of Ancient Indian History.

In this particular topic, you can know about the full use of primary sources. In this book, the sources of ancient Indian history, starting from prehistoric archeology, and history from Aye history to the post-Gupta period have been described.

History and Culture of Ancient India Krishnachandra Srivastava United Book Deep 2007 This book is very large in size. In the presented pdf, information about the sources of ancient Indian history to Muslim invasion has been described. Along with this, the history, religion, and philosophy of South India have also been extensively mentioned.

Sources of Ancient Indian History PDF

Types of sources of Indian history:

• Archeological sources
• Literary sources
• Foreign Accounts

Archeological Sources:

1.	Inscriptions
2.	Coins
3.	Seals
4.	Potteries
5.	Monuments
6.	Caves
7.	Sculptures

The study of coins is known as numismatics. The study of the inscription is known as Epigraphy. The word archeology is the combination of two words ‘Archaios’ and ‘Logia’, where archaios means ancient and logia means knowledge. There are two methods of excavation- Horizontal and Vertical excavations.

Inscriptions:

Inscriptions are the most important part of archeological sources. They can be considered the most authentic and reliable source. These are comparatively less biased. In the series of inscriptions, the oldest inscriptions belong to Emperor Ashoka. His maximum number of inscriptions are in Brahmi script, which exhibits the information about Ashoka’s rule, administration, and ‘Dhamma’. A few inscriptions besides Ashokan inscriptions are Prayag Prashshti of Samudragupta, Hathigumpha inscription of Kharvela, Aihole inscription of Pulakeshin, etc. The entire history of Satvahanas is based on their archeological source. Similarly, the inscription of rulers of ‘Pallavas’, ‘Chalukyas’, ‘Pandyas’, and ‘Cholas’ also proved to be of importance in the formation of their history.

Coins:

Coins are of immense importance in the information about ancient Indian history. With the help of coins, we not only get to know about the trade and commercial activities of the time but also get to know about the economic and technological development of the time through the shape, material, and technology involved in minting these coins. The dates mentioned on the coins help us to know about the chronology of the king. Coins also help us to interpret the religious ideologies of the rulers with the help of dates inscribed on them. The first coin of India was known as ‘Punchmarked coins’.

Since it was made by the method of punching thus, was known as Punchmarked coins. These coins were possibly introduced by the trading guilds and not by any ruler. The ratio of purity in coins enables us to interpret the economic condition of the ruler and his time. The example:

• The first gold coin was introduced by Indo-Greek the first ruler of Indo-Greek who introduced gold coins.
• The purest gold coins were issued by the ‘Kushanas’ and the maximum number of gold coins but also most impure was issued by the ‘Guptas’.

Monuments or Memorials:

Monuments are one of the most important elements of archeological sources. The study of these monuments not only helps us to interpret the technical skills, living standard, and economic condition of the time but also help us to know about the architectural style of the time. Where the magnificent monuments depict the prosperity of a ruler or the dynasty on the improvement of the empire. There were three styles of architecture in India:

• Nagar style in the North.
• Dravid style in the South.
• And in Deccan i.e, in the central part of India, a new style developed which came to be known as the Baser style.

There are a few temples of Indian deities in South-East Asia and Central Asia for exampleBorobudur Temple in Java and the Ankorwat Temple in Cambodia.

Potteries:

Potteries are one the important part of archeological sources. These potteries help us to know about the spread of culture and civilization. These potteries are available right from the prehistoric period to the historic period. For example- in Rig Vedic period BRW, OCP, and PGW potteries were used. In the later Vedic period BW, RW, BRW, and PGW potteries were used during the period of Buddhism NBPW culture was formed. Thus, it signifies that potteries play a vital role in the reformation of history.

Sculpture:

The sculpture is an important element of Ancient Indian History. The statues made of that time provide us with information about the religious conditions of the time. There were three styles of Sculptures:

• Gandhar style.
• Mathura style.
• Amravati style.

Paintings:

This art is also an important element of history. Ajanta paintings are beautiful examples of Ancient Indian History. In these paintings various natural and humanitarian scenes are painted which is extremely unique to witness. Thus, archeological sources form a huge part of ancient Indian sources, which can be considered more authentic more reliable, and less biased. But in order to study ancient Indian history, literary sources are equally important as archeological sources.

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