HOW DOES A HISTORIAN RECREATE HISTORY? HOW DOES HE AUTHENTICATE THE INFORMATION HE GATHERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES?

The following points may help you:
a. Historians recreate history depending on the various sources of information available to them.
b. For the purpose of study, historains also peroidise history.
c. They also study various factors like social, economic , cultural of a particular period and draw conclusions from it.
d. They also study various archeological sources to re create history.
 
Authentication of information depends on various factors:
a. Historian depends on large number of sources like coins, inscriptions, monuments to collect information.
b. He may collect various empirical evidences to prove the originality of the source.
c. A historian may use scientific methods of comparison data, dates mentioned in the information collected to prove its originality.
 

 

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