Sources of history of himachal pradesh
The history of himachal depends of archeological sources Are coins , vamshalis ,inscriptions, travelogue and literature Vamshavalis (Geneological Rolls)
Literature
Puranas
- Mention Of the resident of this area In Vishnu Purana , Markendya Purana ,Skandapurana
- Details of tribes living in Himalayas Found In Ramayana , Mahabharata and Rigveda
- The descriptions of the areas Of Himachal are found in Panini 's Ashtadhyayi , Vrihatsamhita , Kalidasa raghuvanshan , Mudraraksha of vishakhadatta and Rajatarangini Of kalhan which was compiled in 1149 -50 AD
- Thereis evidence Of attackoF Firoz Shah Tughlaq at nagarkot Fort In Tarikh -e-Firozshahi and Tarikhe - E Farishta
- In tujuk -e-Jahagiri Kangra Attack
- In Tujuk -i-timuri provide information about Timur Lung'sinvasion Of shivalik
Coins
- Task of discovering Coins In himachal Pradesh began to catch Momentum after establishment of Himachal Pradesh State Mueseum
- Coins Of Trigarta , Audumbar ,Kulut and kulinds dynasties have been kept In Bhuri singh Mueseum and State mueseum Shimla
- 12coins kept in shimla state Mueseum have been recieved From arki
- 21 coins Of apollodatus have been Obtained From village of tapemeva Of hamirpur
- Some of Indo Greek Coins have been recieved From Lachori and sarol Of Chamba
- oldest Coins of kullu was run By Raja viryas In first century
Inscriptions / tamrapatra Manuscript On Copper Plate
- informations about Socio-economic activities OF himachal Pradesh In ancient Times by inscriptions Of Pathiar and Kanihara OF kangra , cave Of sunpur at Hatkoti , salonu OF mandi ,
- 36 records have kept from Chamba In bhuri Singh Mueseum Chamba which were written in Sharda and Tankri scripts
- The informations of Gupta is obtained from shalaru records Of kullu
- ashok'sinscription is located in jaunsar - bawar area On confluence of Tons and yamuna river .
- Nirmand has an Inscription Of samudrasen , a seventh century Mahasamanta
Buildings
- We also get To Know the history of ancient Himachal From buildings Of kangra Fort OF Himachal Pradesh , temples Of bharmaur , ruins Of sirmauri tal , Budhist Viharas OF kamru , naggar , tabo and Kee
Geneologies
- Moorcraft worked Primarily On geneology Guides and Helped Find geneologies Of kings Of kangra
- captain Harcourt obtained the geneology of Kullu
- Later Cunningham searched genealogy Of Kings Of kangra , Chamba , Mandi, Suket and Nurpur
Travalogue
- The most archaiac Description Of himachal Pradesh Is made By ptolemy in which descriptionOf kulindas is given
- chinese traveller Hieun Tsang remained In India till 630-644AD
- During this time he also came To kullu and trigarta
- Thomas coryat and william finch travelled To himachal Pradesh during jahagir
Forester In 1783
- William Moorecraft In 1820 -1822
- Major Archer in 1829 travelogues wrote about Himachal
- Apart from this , alberuni has decribed this area ( with mehmud ghaznavi )
- Manuscripts
- 600 years old manuscript found in HP art and Culture academy in spiti valley which mainly deals ayurvedic stream of medicine written in spiti valley
- Manuscript found in thalog valley written in golden words Coins
- With the establishment of HP state mueseum 1973-74 at shimla coins finds the attention of curator V.C Ohri State mueseum and Bhuri mueseum was great collection of coins of trigart , Audumbars , Kunindas , Kuluts
