histoy G-10 E

Important Facts

 The things that help learn history are called sources.

 Sources are divided into two as literary sources and archaeological sources.

 Books and documents belong to the literary source category and ruins and various
antiques are archaeological sources.

 We can realize how our ancestors faced various experiences by learning history. Through
that one can get the knowledge necessary to face the same problems at present.

 History of a country reflects the identity of the citizens who live in that country.

Activity

1. Arrange the various sources you learnt in this lesson as given below.

Source

Type of Source- Literary /

Archaeological

Uses for forming history

Deepawamsa

Mahawamsa

An Historical Relation of the

Island Ceylon (Eda Heladiva)

Perakumba Siritha

Sigiriya

Seethawaka Hatana

Panakaduwa Copper Plate

Lanka Map of Ptolemy

Vallipuram Golden Plate

VOC coins

2. Write an article to a newspaper titled “The examples I can take to my life by learning history''.