impact on history writing in india of nationalist historiography
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Historiography is the study of how history is written. One pervasive influence upon the writing of history has been nationalism, a set of beliefs about political legitimacy and cultural identity. Nationalism has provided a significant framework for historical writing in Europe and in those former colonies influenced by Europe since the nineteenth century. According to the medieval historian
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Explanation:(i) The tradition of writing a historical narrative
was not prevalent1
in the ancient societies of the
world.
(ii) Ancient people also felt the need of passing on
the stories of the life and valour of their ancestors
to the next generation.
(iii) They used various means like cave paintings,
story telling, singing songs and ballads, etc. for
the purpose.
(iv) So these traditional means are looked upon as the
sources of history in the modern historiography