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The medieval period of the Indian history started from the 8th century and lasted up to 18th century. During this period, India witnessed considerable social, economic, religious and political changes.

In modern times, a foreigner means a person who resides in his/her country but occasionally visits our countries. But in the medieval times, any stranger who had different physical features or who followed different cultural practices was treated as a foreigner or pardesi by the local people

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pick a period from the medieval period of Indian history. find out the sources available for that period briefly mention the information that is available through these sources.

don't forget to tell the year of medieval period that you have chosen ..

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The sources used by historians in the period 700 to 1750 (the Medieval Period) were quite different from the ones used in the period of Gupta dynasty and Hashavardhana. There is definitely some continuity in the sources used by the historians of both the distinct periods. For example, for obtaining information they still relied on

Coins

Inscriptions

Acrhitecture

Textual records

But there is also significant discontinuity in the sources used by the historians of both the distinct periods. Some of the changes in the sources are as follows:

Dramatic increase in the number and variety of textual records. These slowly displaced other types of available information.

Paper became cheaper and more widely available as opposed to the earlier periods when people used to write on barks of birch trees, hides, walls of caves, etc. due to non-availability of paper.

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