Question

e) Indian history written by colonial historians was mostly biased. Comment​

Answer 1

Explanation:

can u mark this answer as brainlyist answer: The problems facing Indian history writing

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The problem is that the official history contained in our textbooks simply does not ring true to most Indians

Even our politics is impacted by who did or did not pull down a temple in the sixteenth century. If anything, we Indians are obsessed with history.

Even our politics is impacted by who did or did not pull down a temple in the sixteenth century. If anything, we Indians are obsessed with history.

One is often told that Indians do not care for their history. This is an odd accusation to hurl at a people who have a fair claim to being the world’s oldest continuous civilisation. Millions of Indians start their day with Bronze Age chants and everyday conversations are peppered with allusions to Iron Age epics. Even our politics is impacted by who did or did not pull down a temple in the 16th century. If anything, we Indians are obsessed with history. Perhaps what we do not really care about is the stuff in the textbooks.

The problem is that the official history contained in our textbooks simply does not ring true to most Indians. First of all, it is quite amazing the extent to which colonial-era prejudices have been perpetuated to this day. More overt biases such the blatantly racist Aryan Invasion Theory have been challenged, but many others remain embedded. For instance, we routinely term Chanakya as ’Machiavellian’ and Samudra Gupta as the ’Napoleon of India’.