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in both English and vernacular languages. These Archaeological Sources
sources have provided detailed description of the
events occurring during this period. In addition to buildings and monuments,
archaeological sources include coins, works of art
of the period.
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Buildings and Monuments
All the old government documents, diaries, letters Most of the buildings
etc. are stored in the National Archives of India. and monuments
Laws and Government Documents constructed during the
modern period are in
A large number of laws were passed by the British sound condition even
during this period. These laws are the living today and we can visit
testimony to the atrocities committed by the
them, such as the
British and some welfare measures that they took, Rashtrapati Bhavan and
such as the Vernacular Press Act, 1878 , Licensing the India Gate in New
Regulation Act, 1823 etc. Also, the working of the
Delhi, the Gateway of Gateway of India
government requires to produce many documents India in Mumbai, the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata
pertaining to crimes, landholdings, taxes and etc. We can find these buildings and monuments
correspondence. These sources are very important
in almost all important towns and cities of that
from the viewpoint of reconstructing history as we period. Interestingly, many of the present-day
can know about the then period in detail.
government offices are run from the buildings
Quiz Time constructed during this period, especially the
British period, such as the Fort William in Kolkata
Fill in the blanks :
is the army command headquarter.
1. India was called ____________ in the ancient
period. Activity
Gather pictures of buildings, monuments and
2. In India, the modern period started in the paintings of modern period from the internet and
____________ century. paste them in your scrapbook.
3. The ____________ period is identified with Coins and Works of Art
many changes in India.
Coins are issued by the government authority.
4. The state of Mysore became the state of They depict the contemporary times. Also, the
____________ .
metal used in them shows about the prosperity of
5. A large number of laws were passed by the the rule. Also, the works of art, such as paintings,
____________ during the modern period. depict the times well. As camera had come into
use at this time, the
Miscellaneous Literary Sources
photographs of this period
At the same time, the private correspondence form a very important
written by people is very important source of source of information of
information, such as those written by Jawaharlal this period as we can know
Nehru. Other important sources are films which about the clothes and
Coins of modern period
depict the time and people of those times. The lifestyle of this period.
correspondence and documents maintained by
some organisations, such as the All India Congress F ind Outind Out
Committee , are very vital to reconstruct history in
Find out some more sources of information of
proper perspective. modern period.

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