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History Ch - 1 Introduction: Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years — Social Studies STD 7 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7Social StudiesHistory Ch - 1 Introduction: Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years2 Marks
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How historians work in interpreting and analysing historical events?
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Answer

Historians rely on different types of available sources of history to interprete and analyse historical events.
These are maps, inscriptions, coins, poetry, ornaments, paintings, chronicles, architecture and textual records.
Many historians analyse the changes in the social, political and economic aspects of the society to analyse events. Manuscripts in archives are also of great help for historians in throwing light upon the events and happenings of history.

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