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Themes in Modern Indian History

Themes in Modern Indian History . An introduction to Historical Approaches. Early Historical Practices. High Textual Cultural Traditions: Legends, Puranas, Epics Lineages of Monarchs: Vamsabalis Court Chronicles and Hagiographies Muslim Court Chronicles Renderings of Divines Tales

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Themes in Modern Indian History

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  1. Themes in Modern Indian History An introduction to Historical Approaches

  2. Early Historical Practices • High Textual Cultural Traditions: Legends, Puranas, Epics • Lineages of Monarchs: Vamsabalis • Court Chronicles and Hagiographies • Muslim Court Chronicles • Renderings of Divines Tales • Caste Records and Family Narratives

  3. British Historical Construction of India • British History Writing of India • India Imagined as modular well defined Territories with natural frontier and clearly defined history • British Imperial Civilizing Mission and the Idea of India • Periodization of Indian History

  4. Indian Nationalist Historians and Redefining of Indian History • Classical Antiquity • Medieval Darkness/ Imperial Glory • Colonial Modernity as Problematic Liberator • Quest for Nationhood • Resistance and Collaboration • Elite Historiography

  5. Marxist-Nationalist Historiography of India • New Meaning of Nationhood • Materialist Interpretation of Indian History • Economic Foundation of Colonialism • Social Background of Nationalist Movements in India • Role of Workers and Peasant Movements in Indian History

  6. Cambridge School of History • Ideology or Self Interests • Elite Competition • Patron Client Relationship and Politics of Locality Province and Nation • Factional Disputes • Role of Interest Groups

  7. New Social History • Continuity and Change • Role of Information • Patterns of Class formations and Industrialization • New Historical Perspectives

  8. Subaltern History • Rebellion against Elitist Bias • History from below • Understanding of Subaltern Mentality and Peasants as Historical Actors • Questioning Pre-political • Notion of Hegemony and Domination • Europe as the site of production of Historical Knowledge

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