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NCERT Book Class 6 Social Science in Hindi – Timeline and Sources of History

The chapter "Timeline and Sources of History" in the NCERT Class 6 Social Science Book (Hindi Medium) introduces students to the study of the past and the ways historians discover and understand it. It explains how timelines help us arrange historical events in the correct order and understand the sequence of human development over time.



This chapter also describes different sources of history such as archaeological sources (monuments, tools, coins, pottery) and literary sources (manuscripts, inscriptions, old texts). Through this lesson, students learn how evidence from the past helps in reconstructing history and understanding ancient civilizations. Written in simple Hindi, it makes the concept of history engaging and easy to grasp.