HONGANASU

Social Science Magazine for 8th std

What is Social Science?

Social science is a major category of academic

disciplines, concerned with society and the rela-

tionships among individuals within a society. It

in turn has many branches, each of which is con-

sidered a "social science".

From-Wikipidea

Branches in Social Science

History,Political Sc ence, geography,S ociology,

Economics, Business studies, Anthropolgy, Ar-

cheology etc are the branches in Social Science

Father of History

Herodotus ,the Greek

Historian called as the

father of History.

Born: 484 BC, Halicarnas-sus, Turkey

Sourcs

Basic materials require for the construction of histo-

ry,they give details of a particular age.

JUNE 2015

Types of Source

1.Literary Sources 2.Archeological Sources

Native literature

Literature produced by Indians

Visakadatta’s Mudrarakshasa,Kalhana’s

Rajatarangini,Kautilya’s Arthashastra are

some of the famous literary sources from

India

Foreign Literature

Writings of foreign visitors,explorers and

scholars comprise foreign literature and such

writings are called Foreign Literature.

Megasthanes

Greek Amabasidor who visited Chandragupta

Mouryas of Mouryan Dynasty and explain about the

administration of Chandragupta Mourya in his book

Indica

Huien Tsang

China traveler who visited the Vardhana Dynasty and and some part of South India and he wrote the book Si-yu-ki that was a great foreign literary sources.

History

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Archeological Sources

Sources like inscription, coins, monuments, pots and pans,other artfacts are called arheological

Inscriptions

Living fact-bearers of a particular period.

Uses of Inscription

They provide us information about reli-

gion,culture,economy,administration and other

aspects of that period.

Halmidi inscription-The 450 AD Halmidi inscription 16-line earliest Kannada inscription found at Halmidi in Belur taluk of Hassan district on rectangular sandstone ( 2.5 ft height and 1 ft width) has a Vishnu Chakra on its top. The language of the inscription is in Poorvada Halegannada ( Proto-Kannada). Archae-ologist M. H. Krishna found the Brahmi script in the inscription. Shifted the inscription to Archaeological Muse-um, Mysore and later to Government Museum in Bangalore. Collection from-Wikipidea

Study of Coins

Numismatics is the study of the evolution,nature and de-velopment of coins.

Oral Sources

Human Society experiences,memories in the form of lyrics,poems and songs are called oral sources.

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Neil Armstrong, he is the 1st person to set his foot in moon. But, do you know who was supposed to be the 1st person? Many don't know… His name is Edwin C Aldarin… He was the pilot for the Apollo mission. He was working for the American Air-force. Moreover he had experience of space walking, hence selected as the pilot. Neil Armstrong worked for the American Na-vy. He was selected for his courage as co-pilot. When the Apollo mission landed on moon, they received a command from NASA, "pilot first". But Aldarin was hesitant, "what will happen", "will I get sucked in or will I burn out", etc. The hesitation was not for hours, but few seconds. In the meantime, NASA sent the next command, "co-pilot next". Within next second, Neil Arm-strong put his foot on the moon & became part of world history. World history was changed in 1 second... Though Aldarin had the qualification and talent, because of hesitation, he is not recognised by many people. The world remembers only person who comes first… This is a good example of how people lose out because of hesitation & fear. Whenever you see the moon, remem-ber this, a moments hesitation can stop us from our greatest victory. We all have great potential in us, the only thing that stops us from achieving what we are supposed to achieve is our hesitation, fear and shyness. Many people are shy to ask, shy to ap-preciate others. If we fail to do the right things, we will most likely do the wrong things. -Collection from ss stf

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