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Class 4 History

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Welland Gouldsmith School

History worksheet
Class 4
Chapter 2- Sources of History

SYNOPSIS:
History is based on the study of clues. These clues are called sources of history.
The sources can be divided into:
● Archaeological sources
● Literary sources
● Oral sources
I. Archaeological sources
a) Monuments
● Period in which a monument was built.
● Building materials used in a particular period.
● Purpose for building a monument.
● People who built the monument.

b) Inscriptions
● People carved their messages on clay tablets, rocks, stones and metals.
c) Coins
● The name or picture on a coin tells us about the ruler.
● The year tells us the time period
● The writing tells us about the language used in the kingdom.
● The metal used to make a coin tells us about the prosperity of the kingdom.
II. Literary sources
● Travellers visited our country and wrote about our country in detail.
● Some rulers wrote about their own lives.
● Some people wrote poems, plays, books on grammar, mathematics, medicines and so
on.
● The Vedas, the Puranas and the Bhagavad Gita are some religious books.
III. Oral sources
● Folk tales, poems and stories that are narrated orally are called oral sources of history.
Need to preserve the sources
● Our knowledge of the past is dependent on the sources of history.
● Sources of history help us to appreciate our part.

1. Answer the following:


i) Who wrote the book Arthashastra?
ii) What are inscriptions?
iii) Name the three types of sources.
iv)The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus was built in which period?
2. Name them :
a) Three religious books.
b) People carved messages on them.
c) Taj Mahal was built by him.
d)A place where archaeological sources are preserved.

Textbook Exercises:
Pg​ 15 Ex. A
Pg​ 16 Ex. B
Pg ​16 Ex. D

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