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Question
Answer the following question.
What is the difference between prehistory and history?
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Solution
The main difference between prehistory and history is that we have written records in history and have no written records in prehistory.
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| 1. Paintings | (a) Politics |
| 2. Monuments | (b) epigraphy |
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History is only a record of great kings and queens.
State whether the following is true or false.
Banabhatta wrote Harshacharita.
