Question

Discuss the various historiographical trends of writing ancient indian history​

Answer 1

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India is a country which steadily developed through the ages and maintained a long cultural continuity. Every period of her history has left something to the present day. The purpose for the study of this course namely ‘History of India upto 8th century’ is to know how, when and where people developed the earliest cultures in India, how they began undertaking agriculture and stock raising which made life secure and settled. As an eminent historian has put it, “the study of ancient history shows how the ancient Indians discovered and utilized natural resources and how they created the means for their livelihood; how they made arrangements for food, shelter and transport; how they took to farming, spinning, weaving, metal working and the like; and also how they cleared forests, founded villages, cities and eventually large kingdoms”.

In the eighteenth century, the growing administrative responsibility of the East India Company necessitated its officers to be familiar with the laws, habits, customs and history of the Indian people. The initial efforts in this direction culminated in the establishment in Calcutta in 1784 of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Sir William Jones (1746-94) and Charles Wilkins developed keen interest in Indian literature and culture. However, the greatest impetus to Indological studies was given by the German-born Scholar F. Max Mueller (1823-1902). His effort gave rise to the idea of a common Indo-European homeland and heritage. Several early orientalists like Max Mueller spoke glowingly about the unchanging Indian village communities. They depicted India as a country of philosophers and believed that the Indian mind lacked the ability for political and material speculation. They stated that the ancient Indians lacked a sense of history and were accustomed to despotic rule. The Western scholars stressed that Indians had no notion either of nationhood or of any form of self government

Conclusion

Thus, in order to study Indian history in a comprehensive manner one has to depend on literary as well as archaeological sources which help us to form a complete picture of the ancient times. The information provided by literary texts if corroborated by archaeological remains helps the historian to improve the scale of historical authenticity and reliability of fact.

Answer 2

Historiographical trends of writing ancient Indian history

• The Historiographical trends of writing give us a brief account of how historians traced the lives of ancient people to give us a descriptive account of history.
• The major trends are 1) Adaptation from literary sources 2)Following the Archeological sources 3) Detailed analysis of works of foreign historians and travellers.  
• Adaptation from literary sources is the major source of historical writings. The original scrips are writings are usually written in a well-examined manner either through direct investigations or from a heard source.  
• Following the Archeological sources started with the advent of Archaeological development in India and the Archaeological Society has played a major role in un-earthing the older civilizations for examination purposes.
• Analysis of works of foreign historians and travellers is the indirect form of historical works. The writer usually goes through a book written by a foreign traveller to understand what has happened and then gives us his own version of understanding.  

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