SOURCES OF HISTORY

1. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES

1.1. Inscriptions

1.2. tools and weapons

1.3. pottery

1.4. paintings

1.5. sculpture

1.6. jewellery

1.7. coins

1.8. buildings

1.9. seals

2. LITERARY SOURCES

2.1. Foreign sources

2.1.1. Text of foreign travellerslike Magasthenes and Fa-Hien

2.2. Indigenous sources

2.2.1. Works of Indian writers

2.2.1.1. Sacred literature

2.2.1.1.1. Ramayana,Mahabharata,etc.

2.2.1.2. Secular literature

2.2.1.2.1. Panchtantra,Arthashastra,etc.

3. ORAL SOURCES

3.1. songs

3.2. stories

3.3. myths