For several reasons, textbooks continue to be the main source of teaching and learning in schools. Because it acts as an aid to the teacher from which a teacher explains facts and figures. It is not wrong to say that teachers spend most of the class time simplifying it and familiarising students with it. In the above situation, the paragraph can be used for identifying the source which is mentioned at the end of the story, to help learners to appreciate technology 1000 years back, and to help learners to appreciate the role of evidence in history.The textbook can be used as one of the best source of learning if properly used because of its following characteristics:Following the recommendations of the NCF 2005, the textbooks have now been developed very systematically indicating teachers activities and learners activities in and out of the classroom.The concepts related to a topic are organized in a comprehensive way in the textbook which gives sufficient idea for organizing a lesson.The concepts are presented with a variety of activities like song, story, pictures, puzzles and discussions which create interest among the students to learn more.To strengthen the concepts taught, a number of practice activities are given for the students to do. These practice activities will provide you with ideas to generate several such activities and more innovative practices for your students.The new textbooks have been developed not merely to give factual information but also with the scope for student interaction.The activities and exercises given in the textbook can also be used to assess the extent of learning each student has acquired at the end of the topic/lesson.Hence, we conclude that all the points are true in the context of the paragraph in the textbook.