Question

Present day historians use _________ to write tribal histories.

• A. Written Records
• B. Oral traditions
• C. Both
• D. None

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Oral traditions

Contemporary historians and travellers give very scanty information about tribes. A few exceptions apart, tribal people did not keep written records. But they preserved rich customs and oral traditions. These were passed down to each new generation. Present day historians have started using such oral traditions to write tribal histories.