Question

On what criterian did james mill divide indian history into hindu ,muslim and british? What is the problem with this periodisation ?

Answer 1

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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Answer 2

Answer:James mill divided the Indian history into hindu,Muslim and British period because he wanted to add the main characteristics of the period.most of the rulers were hindu and muslim and the modern period consisted of British.so he periosed into these three periods.

Explanation:the periodisation by James mill was problematic because=there were many other religions and Faith's that existed simultaneously during those periods.For ex=Chandragupta Maura was a jain,ashoka and his grandson were Buddhist and rulers of gupta dynasty were the followers of Hinduism. .