HISTORY (Ancient part 1)
Short introduction of history.
This is the study of past events and "history" word is derived from the Greek word Historica. It means research, inquiry and investigation. The Greek historian herodotus was the first real historian of the world.
Chronology: German historian Christoph cellarius was the first historian who gave us tripartite division of history. He divided into three part Ancient, Medieval, Modern history.
HISTORICAL SOURCES
The sources that give information about the past life as there are two types of historical sources : Literary source and Archaeological source.
1) LITERARY SOURCES
DIvided into two categories: Indigenous and foreign.
A) Indigenous sources
Indigenous sources are divided into two categories Religious and Secular.
BRAHMANA TEXT
• Under Brahmana text shruti (samhitas or vedas) and smriti texts (sutras, epic) are included.
• There are four samhitas or vedas Rig veda, Yajur veda, Sama veda and Atharva veda.
BUDDHIST TEXTS
• It is divided into two categories pali text and anupali texts.
JAIN TEXTS
• The jain texts throw light on Religious and social conditions of that time.
HISTORICAL TEXTS
• Although there is no such text of Ancient India that can be properly called historical text because almost every texts had written jn Literary or religious colour.
SEMI HISTORICAL TEXTS
• Kalidasa's malvikagnimitra is a play book.It is first play written by him. It provides information about political conditions of shung dynasty.
B) FOREIGN SOURCES
• The writings of foreign travellers and Chroniclers provide valuable sources of Ancient Indian history .
To India came Greek, Chinese, Tibetan etc.
GREEK WRITERS
• Scylax he was the first person who wrote about India.
• Hecataeus Milletus was a greek historian and geographer. His knowledge was limited to indus valley.
• Herodotus was the father of history. He wrote famous text historics.
( there are many other also who wrote texts )
CHINESE WRITER
• Suma chien was the first writer who wrote about India.
• Pan ku & han vay his texts contain valuable information about kushan rulers.
• Hwuill wrote biography of his friend hiuen tsang namely life of hiuen tsang. It throws some light on indian history.
2) ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES
Origin & Development of Indian archaeology.
Sir William Jones founded the asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 AD.
A) INSCRIPTIONS
• The most important sources among Archaeological sources.
• It is divided into two parts foreign and indigenous.
• There are some other things such as gupta coins, foreign coins, monuments.
Short introduction of history.
This is the study of past events and "history" word is derived from the Greek word Historica. It means research, inquiry and investigation. The Greek historian herodotus was the first real historian of the world.
Chronology: German historian Christoph cellarius was the first historian who gave us tripartite division of history. He divided into three part Ancient, Medieval, Modern history.
HISTORICAL SOURCES
The sources that give information about the past life as there are two types of historical sources : Literary source and Archaeological source.
1) LITERARY SOURCES
DIvided into two categories: Indigenous and foreign.
A) Indigenous sources
Indigenous sources are divided into two categories Religious and Secular.
BRAHMANA TEXT
• Under Brahmana text shruti (samhitas or vedas) and smriti texts (sutras, epic) are included.
• There are four samhitas or vedas Rig veda, Yajur veda, Sama veda and Atharva veda.
BUDDHIST TEXTS
• It is divided into two categories pali text and anupali texts.
JAIN TEXTS
• The jain texts throw light on Religious and social conditions of that time.
HISTORICAL TEXTS
• Although there is no such text of Ancient India that can be properly called historical text because almost every texts had written jn Literary or religious colour.
SEMI HISTORICAL TEXTS
• Kalidasa's malvikagnimitra is a play book.It is first play written by him. It provides information about political conditions of shung dynasty.
B) FOREIGN SOURCES
• The writings of foreign travellers and Chroniclers provide valuable sources of Ancient Indian history .
To India came Greek, Chinese, Tibetan etc.
GREEK WRITERS
• Scylax he was the first person who wrote about India.
• Hecataeus Milletus was a greek historian and geographer. His knowledge was limited to indus valley.
• Herodotus was the father of history. He wrote famous text historics.
( there are many other also who wrote texts )
CHINESE WRITER
• Suma chien was the first writer who wrote about India.
• Pan ku & han vay his texts contain valuable information about kushan rulers.
• Hwuill wrote biography of his friend hiuen tsang namely life of hiuen tsang. It throws some light on indian history.
2) ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES
Origin & Development of Indian archaeology.
Sir William Jones founded the asiatic society of Bengal in 1784 AD.
A) INSCRIPTIONS
• The most important sources among Archaeological sources.
• It is divided into two parts foreign and indigenous.
• There are some other things such as gupta coins, foreign coins, monuments.
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