History 

- What, Where, How & When - Self Explanation




How To Find What happened - 


Through Books, Radio, Television, Newspaper etc.




How Can We Know about the past?

              


  The House in which they lived , farmers, hunters, 



people, their food , craft , science & Culture




What is a Manuscript

A manuscript is a handwritten or typewritten document. The documents that were made before the introduction of the printing press can be categorized as manuscripts. A manuscript can be a book or scroll. It can also have different information; the content of a manuscript can be about religion, science, geography, law, etc.



In the past, manuscripts were produced on papyrus, vellum, and other parchments. However, it was not easy to preserve those documents as paper does not have a very long life. For example, papyrus, which was commonly used for many manuscripts only had a life of few centuries. Adverse weather conditions, storage, damage from insects, etc. posed a problem for the preservation of manuscripts.

What is an Inscription

An inscription is a text carved on a hard surface. Though inscriptions are mostly engraved on tombstones and coins in the contemporary world, inscriptions and epigraphs were the popular norms of writing or transcribing information in the ancient times. Inscriptions were engraved on materials like stone, marble and metals such as bronze, silver, and gold. 



The words were carved on these surfaces with the use of a hard tool like a chisel. Since these inscriptions were made on hard and tough surfaces, they are durable and resilient. The inscriptions that were made in the early civilizations still exist today because of this durability. In addition, no special effort had to be made to preserve the inscription, unlike in the case of manuscripts. On the other hand, the creation of an inscription may have taken a lot of time and effort.


Where did People Live in the past?

People lived on the banks of rivers, near the sources of water and in places close to forests where they could find food easily. 

They also lived in caves in ancient times. Rivers banks and sea coasts were the earliest places where cities developed.

Although the hills and high mountains like the Himalayas, deserts, rivers and seas posed great problems, people kept on travelling. They moved in search of livelihood. They had also in their mind to escape from natural disasters such as floods and droughts. Sometimes, men marched in armies and conquered others' lands.

Describe at least 2 ways in which you think the lives of kings would have been different from those of farmers.

1. Kings had absolute power over all his subjects, irrespective of their profession, farmers had no such powers.


2. Kings lived in palaces. 

Farmers had no such opportunities.


3. The King was responsible for protecting his kingdom by waging battles, whereas the farmers’ responsibilities were to grow crops.