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poems, plays, etc fall under this category. The story of mankind. Like all good stories, it has
epics Mahabharata and the Ramayana were comedy and tragedy, emotion and drama,
secular literature. The difference that secular excitement and mystery that makes it even more
literature had was that it gave a view of society as fascinating and mystery. What makes it even
it was, rather than how a religion wanted it or more fascination is that it is all true. The charac-
preferred it to be. ters of history were all flesh and blood once upon

History is a fascinating subject to learn. It is the a time.
Terminology

Evidence : information indicating whether something is true or false
Archaeologists : those who study about ancient history by examining objects dug up from the ground
Historians : those who study about history to look for clues about life long ago
BCE : before common era
Regnal : monarch
Incriptions : messages or orders inscribed on a hard surface
Sources : the places from where we get the materials required to study
Script : the form of writing a language
Monuments : buildings of historical importance

Inside Story
Inside Story
g History is about life in the past and tells us about the people who lived in a different time.
g Sometimes, there is little evidence left behind and this can make it difficult to understand
the past.
g Our ignorance of the past is not the result of a lack of information, but of indifference.
g Geography has played an important role in the history of India.
g Archaeological sources refer to the sources which are obtained by the process of
archaeological excavations.
g The oldest coins from ancient India are from the 6th Century BCE.
g The Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Gita, the Puranas and the Jataka Tales are a rich
source of information.

A. Tick (3) the correct option.
1. About which kind of people we can find out while studying the history?

(a) Ordinary people (b) Famous people (c) About both of them
2. Who asks questions and try to find evidence about life in the past?
(a) Archeologists (b) Historians (c) Gurus

3. It was the period when writing had not been invented.
(a) Post history (b) Past history (c) Prehistory

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