[Complete] Sources for the History of Modern India - Structured overview

This diagram presents the major sources used to study the historical context of modern India. It classifies the different types of evidence—archival records, biographies and travel accounts, newspapers and journals, oral testimonies, and creative literature—into clear categories, along with their important subdivisions. These sources together help historians reconstruct political developments, social conditions, cultural changes, and public opinion from the seventeenth century onward.