★ Unlike the other countries, Indias has abundant sources
★ Sources are mainly two kinds i.e. Archaeological sources and Literary sources.
★ Archaeological sources are three kinds, i.e., monuments, coins and edicts.
★ Monuments and artifacts of different kinds - tools, pottery, furniture etc.
★ Coins issued by kings of different dynasties and those of foreign origin found in different parts of India.
★ Inscriptions established by various kings are other main source for Indian History.
★ Literary sources are also two kinds i.e. religious and secular Literature.
★ Religious literature is again of two kinds i.e. domestic and foreign.
★ Vedic literature, Epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, Past vedic ritual literature, upanishads. Relegious books of Jainism and Buddhisum i.e., Tripitakas, Jatakas are the main relegious sources for Indian History.
★ Manu smriti, Kautilya's Artha Sastra, panini's Ashtadhyayini, Kalidasa's writings, kalhana's Rajatarangini, Harsha's "Harsha charitha" and Sangoma literature etc are also the important sources for Indian History.
★ Some more foreign accounts i.e., Megastaneese, Ptolemy, Fa-hsien and Hsuan Tsangs writing also supplemented the indigenous Literature.