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Question
Answer the following question.
What information do we get from inscriptions?
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Solution
The Inscriptions provide us the information about rulers, the extent of their empires, important events, and also about the religious and cultural life of people in a particular period.
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People who write history are known as _________.
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. |
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Explanation of Keyword: Inscriptions
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Handwritten records of the past are known as ______________
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The Greek ambassador in Chandragupta Maurya’s court was ________
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What are the manuscripts? On what surfaces were they; written?
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 |
