The one who constructs history is an historian historian plays an important role because history Historical events are to be particular and authentic about the history so sources help the historian to construct history and it is believed that there cannot be history without sources. So now let us see what are the sources to history :literary sources archaeological sources. Literary sources are in the form of literature. historically speaking ,literature means the written or orally conveyed information.

Literary sources divided into written literature and oral literature. written literature in is divided into native literature and foreign literature. native literature is Literature written by the native residents .Foreign Literature is written by the visitors of other countries. Oral literature contains folk songs, ballads ,myths, legends and stories .oral literature is written by illiterates where has written literature is written by literates.

Archaeological sources :archaeological sources are the physical remains or ruins of the things used or constructed, that are present in the past are called archaeological sources .the remains which are buried in earth are removed through excavation. example of Archaeological sources are coins, inscriptions, monuments, pieces of pots and other artifacts .

the scientific process of digging the earth in the ancient remains of fossils of our ancient people is called excavation