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Manuscripts: A handwritten book is called manuscript. Before the discovery of printing; books were handwritten. The early manuscripts were written on palm leaves and on bark of birch trees. The ancient manuscript give a lot of information about religious beliefs and practices, life of kings, medicines, science, poems, plays, epics, etc.
Inscriptions: The text written on stone slabs is called inscription. The inscriptions and manuscripts from ancient period were usually written in Sanskrit or Prakrit or Tamil.
Coins: A coin gives information about the king of that period because coins usually contained the image of the king. Coins were first developed in ancient Greece during 600 BC.

Archaeological Sites: Sites from where historical remains are obtained are called archaeological sites. Buildings and monuments also come under archaeological sites. Archaeological sites also include old buildings and monuments. Artifacts and other items excavated from different archaeological sites give rich information about a period.