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(a)   were written with hand and as a result there were small but significant difference between any two copies.

Poor handwriting: As the Manuscripts were written with hand and as a result there were chances of errors while copying these scripts.

• True

• False

Copying scripts introduced changes that grew over the centuries.

• True

• False

Historians had to read different manuscript versions of the same text to guess what the authors had originally written.

• True

• False

Different versions of Manuscripts lead to confusion and it becomes a challenge to decide the chronological order of their release.

• True

• False

How do historians divide the past into periods? Do they face any problem in doing so?

• Historians have divided the past into three periods, ancient, medieval, and modern.

• The ancient period begs from the start of human history till 8th century CE

• The medieval period begins from the 8th century to the 18th century and the modern period starts from the 18th century up to the present day.

• Historians are facing hardships in making the ages of these parts because different periods are different in every country.

• For sample. the medieval period extends from 500 CE to 1500 CE in Europe whereas in India, it ranges from 8th century CE to 18th century CE This is the main reason why

  historians are facing difficulties in marking it

Compare either Map 1 or Map 2 with the present-day map of the subcontinent listing as many similarities and differences as you can find. Map 1 was made in 1154 CE by al-Idrisi, an Arab geographer. This section is a detail of the Indian subcontinent from his larger map of the world. Map 2 was made by a French cartographer in 1720.

• True

• False

Compare either Map 1 or Map 2 with the present-day map of the subcontinent listing as many similarities and differences as you can find.

• Both these maps and present-day maps are of the same area.

• In all three maps. Sn Lanka is an island. yet there is a difference in its location.

• Some familiar places like Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh have been spelled as Qanauj.

• The first difference between these maps is that in Map 1. South India is kept in the area where

  we expect to see north India.