An approach towards the past

knowledge that is gained from the study of past is called

• historians

• prehistory

• history

• archealogy

the people who describe the past are known as

• archaeologist

• historians

• epigraphist

• inscriptions

the objects of different kinds made by human past are called

• artefacts

• monuments

• inscriptions

• manuscripts

what are the 2 types of history?

• history

• prehistory

• artefacts

• literary sources

what are inscriptions?

• Inscriptions are written records carved on solid objects such as pillars, walls, temples, forts, caves, palaces and stone or clay tablets

• they are old buildings

• they are direct evidences

• handwritten records

literary sources are divided into 2 types,

what are they?

• religious literature

• secular literature

• prehistory

• history

handwritten records of the past in the forms of book are called

• scripts

• inscriptions

• manuscripts

what does BCE stand for?

what does CE stand for?

Importance of History