Question
Download Solution PDFA history teacher wants to teach his students about religious practices in the Harrapan civilization.
Which of the following sources would be the 'primary source' for this?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is a museum with a collection of artifacts from the Harappan period.
Key Points
- Sources of history can be classified as:
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- Tertiary sources
- Primary sources of history contain artifacts or documents, diaries, interviews, plays, novels etc.
- Secondary sources include books and articles about the topic like Early India- a book by Romila Thapar.
- Tertiary sources are publications that summarize and digest the information in primary and secondary sources to provide background on a topic.
Thus, we can say that a museum with a collection of artifacts from the Harappan period is the primary source of history.
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