These DAV Class 6 SST Notes and DAV Class 6 SST Chapter 8 Notes – Studying the Past hold significant importance as study material for students.
Studying the Past Class 6 DAV Notes
→ The term ‘history’ can be defined as a systematic description of the past events. It is totally based on facts. Historians divide history into two parts-prehistory and history.
→ We get information about prehistory from the remains of tools, bone, pottery and weapons that have been excavated. History refers to the period after the invention of writing.
→ Historians study the past with the help of source material which is divided into two categories- archaeological source materials and literary sources.
→ The archaeological source materials are mainly inscriptions, coins, monuments, sculptures, paintings, articles of daily use and skeletons.
→ Literary sources or manuscripts include all written records of the past. They are very important for the historians.
→ Literary sources are of three types-religious literature, non-religious literature and historical literature.
→ History : Systematic description of the past events. It refers to the period after the invention of writing.
→ Prehistory : It refers to that period when the art of writing was unknown.
→ Archaeology : The study of prehistory and history through excavation of sites.
→ Archaeologist: One who studies the objects made and used in the past.
→ Excavation : The process of digging under the surface of the earth in order to find old objects.
→ Inscriptions : Writings which are engraved on rocks, pillars, clay tablets, the walls of temples and caves.
→ Epigraphy : The study of inscriptions is called epigraphy.
→ Numismatics : The study of coins.
→ Monuments : The remains of temples, stupas, palaces and forts.
→ Manuscripts : Books that were written long ago by hand on palm leaves or barks of trees.
→ Artifact: An object made by a human being.
→ Autobiography : An account of a person’s life written by that person.
→ Biography : An account of someone’s life written by someone else.