Question

it is often said that the history of a period that period is shaped to a great extent by the altitudes, precipitation, tantrums of the people in power. how does this assumption applied history of India written by the British historical

Answer 1

While at Alwar during his parivrajaka days, Swami Vivekananda happened to speak to a group of young men on the importance of the study and writing of history. He exhorted:

“Study Sanskrit, but along with it study Western science as well. Learn accuracy, my boys. Study and labour, so that the time will come when you can put our history on a scientific basis. Now, Indian history is disorganized. It has no chorological accuracy. The histories of our country written by English writers cannot but be weakening to our minds, for they tell only of our downfall. How can foreigner, who understand very little of our manners and customs, or our religion and philosophy, write faithful, unbiased histories of India. Naturally, many false nations and wrong inferences have found their way into them. Nevertheless the Europeans have shown us how to proceed in making research into our ancient history. Now it is for us to strike out an independent path of historical research for ourselves; to study the Vedas and the Puranas and ancient annals of India; and from this to make it our life work and discipline to write accurate, sympathetic and soul-inspiring histories of the land. It is for Indians to write Indian history. Therefore set yourselves to the task of rescuing our lost and hidden treasures from oblivion.