Temples, palaces, mosques, tombs, forts, minars and minarets are called by the collective name monuments.

Literary works, chronicles, travelogues, biographies and autobiographies.

Marco Polo, a Venetian traveller, Al-Beruni, Ibn Battuta Nicolo Conti, Abdur-Razzaq, Domingo Paes.

(i) Quwwat-ul Islam Masjid, Moth-ki- Masjid, lama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri Dargah (all in and around Delhi) and Charminar (Hyderabad) are the important mosques belonging to the medieval times.
(ii) The forts of historical importance are Agra Fort, Chittor Fort, Gwalior Fort and Delhi Red Fort and as well as the forts of Daulatabad (Aurangabad) and Firoz Shah Kotla (Delhi).

Tuzk-i-Jahangiri

Nathamuni

(i) Source are the supporting materials, documents or records in the form of evidence that help to reconstruct the past.
(ii) They are available in different forms such as Inscriptions, monuments, coins, chronicles, travelogues, biographies etc.,
(iii) Through these sources we get to know a lot of information about social, economic and political condition of a country under different rulers.

(i) Metals like Gold and Silver are precious and rare elements.
(ii) They are shiny, strong and have high economic value.
(iii) If such metals are used in coins in an empire, it indicates its economic prosperity

(i) The picture and the legend on the coins convey the names of kings with their titles and portraits, events, places, dates, dynasties and logos.
(ii) The composition of metals in the coins gives us information on the economic condition of the empire.
(iii) Mention of king's achievements like military conquests, territorial expansion, trade links and religious faith can also be found in the coins.
(iv) Muhammad Ghori had stamped the figure of Goddess Lakshmi on his gold coins and had his name inscribed on it.
(v) This coin tells us that this early Turkish invader was in all likelihood liberal in religious outlook.
(vi) Copper Jitals are available for the study of the period of the Delhi Sultans.
(vii) Silver Tanka introduced by Iltutmish, Ala-ud-din Khalji's gold coins, Muhammad-bin- Tughluq's copper token currency are indicative of coinage as well as the economic prosperity or otherwise of the country of the time.
(viii) Ajital contained 3.6 grains of silver. Forty eight jitals were equal to 1 silver tanka.