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ingOurPast

1.a)Whatdoy ouunder standaboutHistor

y?
b)Whydoy outhi
nkAr thashastrai
sanonr eli
giousl
i
ter
atur
e?
c)Dist
inguishbetweenHi storyandPre-
Histor
y
d)Whatar ethearcheologicalevi
dencestoknowaboutancienthi
stor
y?
e)Whatishi st
ori
calli
terature?

2.a)Mahenjodaroexcavati
onprov i
desinf
ormationabout
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izat
ion.
b)Thestudyofi nscr
ipt
ioniscal
led_ _
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.
c)Skelet
onofwomangener all
yhasbr oader___
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d)Faheinisaf or
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avell
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e)Coinsprovidesinf
ormati
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onofI
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awithothercountr
ies.

3.Wr i
teTr ueorFalse, i
fFalserewrit
ethesentencecorr
ectly.
a)Prehistoryi
st heper i
odwhenar tofwrit
ingwasunknown.
b)Pit
akasar etheJai nli
teratur
ewr it
teninSanskr
it
.
c)AbhigyanaSakunt alam isafinespecimenofHar shaVardhan.
d)Skelet
al st
udiesgivei nf
ormat i
onaboutgender.
e)Ramay andoesnotpr ovi
deinformationaboutourpasthist
ory
.

4.
Mat cht hefol
l
owi
ng
Megast henes. Coin
Kauti
lya. I
nscript
ion
Ashoka. Biogr
aphy
Harshacharit
ra. Coins
Angas. Jains
Samudr agupta. Chanakya