List out the sources of history.

Question

Q. Consider the following statement (s) is/are related to the Ancient Indian Literature.
I. Vedas, Puranas, Kautilya's Arthashastra, and other literature besides foreign accounts are only available literary sources that restructure the Ancient Indian History.
II. The archaeological sources like epigraphic, numismatic and architectural remains besides archeological explorations and excavations also help in restructuring Ancient Indian History.
Which of the above statement is/are correct?

Answer 1

History is considered to be a scientific discipline. History is not written solely on the basis of imagination. Ancient objects , structures , sculptures , pots , coins , inscriptions , copper plates , books , manuscripts , traditional stories and songs remembered over many generations , etc are the 'sources of history '.