How can we know that whatever was written by someone in history is actually by him and not by someone else?

Question

I was having a conversation with my friend about a historian who wrote about a certain period in my country, but then my friend said “how do you he isnt lying and how do you it is really written by him?” i still cant find a counter argument to this

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Answer 1

You don’t, and there are many disputed documents. In some cases there are accounts from the time that give additional evidence, but some cheating took place in the past.