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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
What are the manuscripts? On what surfaces were they; written?
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उत्तर
Manuscripts are the handwritten records of the past in the form of books. These records were written on a variety of surfaces such as dried sheep or goatskin, dried palm leaf, the bark of birch trees, and much later, on paper.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explanation of Keyword: History
Explanation of Keyword: Parchment
Fill in the blank.
Edicts are ___________ issued by kings.
Fill in the blank.
Inscriptions are _________on solid objects.
Fill in the blank.
Handwritten records of the past are known as ______________
Answer the following question.
What information do we get from inscriptions?
State whether the following is true or false.
The study of old inscriptions is known as epigraphy.
Match the following:
| A | B | ||
| 1. | Monuments | (a) | politics |
| 2. | Study of inscriptions | (b) | Dried palm leaf |
| 3. | Manuscript | (c) | Book on law |
| 4. | Arthashastra | (d) | Archaeological source |
| 5. | Manusmriti | (e) | Epigraphy |
Choose the correct answer:
Prehistory is the history of the period before _______ was invented.
Choose the correct answer:
Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang were the _______ travellers who came to India.
