GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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Archaeological Sources
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Political Sources
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Literary Sources
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coin sources
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Detailed explanation-1: -Literary sources of medieval Indian History include biographies, autobiographies, travelogs, and documents. The travelers who visited India during the medieval period include Iban Batuta Abdul Razzaq and Al-Beruni. Iban Batuta in his book Kitab-ul-Rihla wrote about the reign of Muhammad Bin Tughlaq.
Detailed explanation-2: -Arab and Persian are the two Indian literary sources of medieval history.
Detailed explanation-3: -Literary sources are divided into three categories; religious, secular and foreign accounts.
Detailed explanation-4: -Archaeological sources include monuments, temples, inscriptions, coins and weapons. Literary sources include manuscripts, folk tales, poems and biographies of different rulers. A manuscript is any document that is written by hand. Manuscripts were collected by wealthy people, rulers, monasteries and temples.