5. Answer the following questions in 50 to 70 words. a) Describe the importance of coins as a source. b) Briefly describe the indigenous literature of the medieval period. c) What kind of information is obtained from the study of sculpture and paintings? d) How are the accounts of foreign travellers useful to historians?​

a. Coins are as important as the inscription in history. They confirm the information derived from literature. They are of various metals: gold, silver, copper, or alloy and contain legends or simple marks. ... The inscription on the coin indicates territory over which the rulers ruled.

b. In the early medieval period in northern India, Sanskrit continued to be the language of literature. ... Rajataringini is a work of great importance as this is first historical work in India. Another famous work of this period is Gitagovinda by Jayadeva.It is one of the finest poems in Sanskrit literature.

c. Installation Art. Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that often are site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space.

d. Accounts of foreign travellers or travelogues are helpful to historians as they have given detailed account of political events ,about trade and commerce etc. They have given information about the condition of the people of that period. They also gives about the functioning style of rulers and their courts.