Question

2. What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian
history that James Mill offers?
3. Why did the British preserve official documents?
4. How will the information historians get from old
newspapers be different from that found in police
reports?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

2. Mill thought that all Asian societies were at a lower level of civilisationthan Europe.

According to him, Before the British came to India, Hindus and Muslims despots ruled the country.

Religious intolerance, caste taboos and superstitious practices dominated social life.

We can't refer to Any period as "Hindu" or "Muslim" because a variety of faiths existed simultaneously in these periods.

3. -> The British believed that the act of writing was important.

--> Every instruction, plan, policy, decision, agreement, investigation had to be clearly written up.

--> Once this was done, Things could be properly studied and debated.

--> This conviction produced an administrative culture of memos, notings and reports.

4. Can be concluded or added in the answer above. ☺

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