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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
Fill in the blank:
Meghadoot was written by _______.
Match Column A with Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Archaeology | (a) People who write history. |
| 2. Historians | (b) Know this |
| 3. Histo | (c) Study of the remains of the past. |
| 4. Inscriptions | (d) An old book or document was written by hand. |
| 5. Manuscript | (e) Writings engraved either on stone surfaces or on metals or bricks. |
Which period in history is called prehistoric?
Explanation of Keyword: Prehistory
Fill in the blank.
Edicts are ___________ issued by kings.
Fill in the blank.
The Greek ambassador in Chandragupta Maurya’s court was ________
Match the following.
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Paintings | (a) Politics |
| 2. Monuments | (b) epigraphy |
| 3. Coins | (c) ancient law |
| 4. Inscriptions | (d) biography of a ruler |
| 5. Harshacharita | (e) cultural achievements |
| 6. Manusmriti | (f) numismatics |
| 7. Arthashastra | (g) Chinese traveller |
| 8. Fa Hien | (h) architectural achievements |
Choose the correct answer:
Prehistory is the history of the period before _______ was invented.
Choose the correct answer:
The Greek ambassador in Chandragupta Maurya’s court was _______.
Choose the correct answer:
Fa Hien and Hiuen Tsang were the _______ travellers who came to India.
