Grade 6 - studying the past - History

1. Studying the past
Social science
Grade -6
Presented by
Arun kumar & preetham
Bengaluru

2. Content
 Why study history
 Time frame in History
 Dates in History
 Sources of history

3. Why study history?
• History is made up of events that occurred in
the past .
But why study about the past
• The study of the past is important to
understand the present

4. Time frame in History
History is generally divided into three time period
1)Pre history
2)Proto history and
3)history

5. Pre history
The pre historic period is the time when writing had not been invented. Hence
there are no written records of this period .
Pre history is based entirely on Archaeology .
To understand pre history archaeologist dig deep into the ground and dig out
the remains of the past
This physical remains such as pots , jewellery tools , coins , bones etc

6. Proto history
The proto historic period is the time for witch we have written records.
However they are very few and still cannot be read . So archaeological sources are
the main sources of information
Example : Indus valley civilization

7. History
The time period after the invention of writing is known as History
We have records from these period
Early writing was done on rocks, pilers , copper plates , clay tables ,
palm leaves and on the barks of birch trees

8. Dates in History
Dates in history are expressed in BC and AD
Nowadays , most historians use BCE instead of BC , and CE instead of AD.
BCE stands for – Before the common Era
CE – stands for Common Era
BCE – counted Backwords , for Example ,100 BCE comes before 99 BCE
CE – cunted Forword , For example , 99 CE comes before 100 CE

9. The geographical Framework
 Geography Has played an important role in India a large country
Like India has diverse geographical features .
 There are high mountains , hot deserts , , fertile revers valley and
numerous rivers
 The Himalaya mountains in the north acts as a natural barriers
between India and central Asia .
 The passes in these mountains have acted as roots of content
science ancient time .

10. Sources of history
Sources can divided into two types
1)ARCHEOLOGICAL SOURCES 2) LITRARY SOURCES
a) Inscription a) religious literature
b)Monuments b) secular literature
c) Artefacts
d)Coins

11. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOURCES
Archaeological sources are direct evident . They cannot be changed or
alternated by human beings.
They are of four types
a) Inscription
b) Monuments
c) Artefacts
d) Coins

12. Inscriptions are the writings on stone, metal or some materials as an
important historical source. These are valuable historical evidence of the
existence and activities of early kings and empires. ... Inscriptions are
writings engraved on solid surfaces such as rocks, metals, pillars and stone
structures
Inscription

13. A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to
commemorate a person or event, or which has become
relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of
historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical,
political, technical or architectural importance.
Monuments

14. Artefacts
The objects that humans made in the past – pottery , tools , ornaments ,
metal objects , jewellery and weapons are called artefacts , they are found
by archaeologists in the course of excavations they give us vital cluse to the
past

15. COINS
Coins are an extremely valuable source of information they tell us about
the reigning period of kings the economy of the kingdom the extent of a
kings empire and about trade with other regions coins also throw light on
art religion of earlier times

16. LITERARY SOURCES
Handwritten records of the past in the form of books are called manuscripts this were usually
written on palm leaves and the barks of birch trees due to their fragile nature many manuscripts
have been destroyed those that have survived have helped us to know more about
the past
Literary sources may be divided into 2 types
1. Religious
2. Secular

17. RELIGIOUS LITERATURE
Writings which deal with religion are called religious literature many
books are based on religious themes the Vedas the Ramayana and
Mahabharata the gita and the puranas are important sources of
information on ancient India

18. SECULAR LITERATURE
Writings which are not religions are called secular literature these include stories, poems
,plays biographic of kings ,accounts of foreign travellers and books on politics and
science the arthashastra by kautilya ,the Indica by megastanis , the plays and poems of
Kalidas the accounts of Fa Hien and Hiuen tsang and the Sangam literature are some
example of secular literature written during the ancient period

19. Presented by
Arun kumar & preetham
Bengaluru