GS-1Specific Microtheme

Foreign Travellers' Accounts as Historical Sources (Chinese, Arab, European Chronicles)

Mapped under Literature as Historical Sources → Topic 01 Art Forms Literature Architecture

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Other Microthemes in Literature as Historical Sources:

Vedic and Later Vedic Literature (Sanhitas, Upanishads, Epics, and Social Changes)Sangam Literature: Social, Economic, and Cultural Conditions of Early South India Buddhist Canonical (Tripitakas, Jatakas) and Jain Literature Classical Sanskrit Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Scientific/Philosophical Treatises Persian Literary Sources of Medieval India (Court Chronicles, Spirit of the Age)Vernacular and Regional Literature Development (Bhakti Poets, Medieval Regional Tongues)Foreign Travellers' Accounts as Historical Sources (Chinese, Arab, European Chronicles)

UPSC Mains Questions on "Foreign Travellers' Accounts as Historical Sources (Chinese, Arab, European Chronicles)" (2)

2018 marks

Assess the importance of the accounts of the Chinese and Arab travellers in the reconstruction of the history of India.

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2014 marks

Taxila university was one of the oldest universities of the world with which were associated a number of renowned learned personalities of Taxila and different disciplines. Its strategic location caused its fame to flourish, but University unlike Nalanda, it is not considered as a university in the modern sense.

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