Question

Describe mill,s periodisation of indian history. why did historians find this periodisation unacceptable

Answer 1

people found his periodization unacceptable because his division was not proper. he divided a period by the religion of the ruler even though there were more than one religion followed by the people under the reign of a particular ruler.

Answer 2

Answer :

James mill divided Indian history into Hinduism and Muslim and British periods.

This periodisation is based on the religious line that there was a face for which the Hindu were the rulers and other work ruled.

Then came the face of the Muslims and Britishers i.e. Christians. He had a colonial mind and thought asians to have poorly civilized. He felt Europeans to be superior.

So , infact, through this periodisation he tried to divide the people with their own specific identity which was not a correct.

During the Muslim and British they were were thousands of Hindu and Muslim princely states.

So , this is not a proper periodisation of Indian history.

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